[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR277.4]

[Page 369]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 277--WATER RESOURCES POLICIES AND AUTHORITIES: NAVIGATION POLICY: COST APPORTIONMENT OF BRIDGE ALTERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 277.4  Definitions.

    The following definitions are applicable to this regulation:
    (a) Bridge. The term bridge means a lawful bridge over navigable 
waters of the United States, including approaches, fenders, and 
appurtenances thereto, which is used and operated for the purpose of 
carrying railroad traffic, or both railroad and highway traffic, or if a 
State, county, municipality, or other political subdivision is the owner 
or joint owner thereof, which is used and operated for the purpose of 
carrying highway traffic.
    (b) Bridge owner. Bridge owner means any State, county, 
municipality, or other political subdivision, or any corporation, 
association, partnership, or individual owning, or jointly owning, any 
bridge, and, when any bridge shall be in the possession or under the 
control of any trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or lessee, such 
term shall include both the owner of the legal title and the person or 
the entity in possession or control of such bridge.
    (c) Navigable waters. Navigable waters of the United States means 
those waterbodies, except the territorial seas, which are subject to the 
ebb and flow of the tide, or are presently, or have been in the past, or 
may be in the future susceptible for use for purposes of interstate or 
foreign commerce.
    (d) Alteration. The term alteration includes changes of any kind, 
reconstruction, or removal in whole or in part.