[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 33, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 33CFR117.1] [Page 538-543] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PART 117_DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Requirements Sec. 117.1 Purpose. Subpart A_General Requirements Sec. 117.1 Purpose. 117.3 Applicability. 117.4 Definitions. 117.5 When the draw shall open. 117.7 General duties of drawbridge owners and tenders. 117.9 Delaying opening of a draw. 117.11 Unnecessary opening of the draw. 117.15 Signals. 117.17 Signalling for contiguous drawbridges. 117.19 Signalling when two or more vessels are approaching a drawbridge. 117.21 Signalling for an opened drawbridge. 117.23 Installation of radiotelephones. 117.24 Radiotelephone installation identification. 117.31 Operation of draw for emergency situations. 117.33 Closure of draw for natural disasters or civil disorders. 117.35 Operations during repair or maintenance. 117.37 Opening or closure of draw for public interest concerns. 117.39 Closure of draw due to infrequent use. 117.41 Maintenance of draw in fully open position. 117.43 Changes in draw operation requirements for regulatory purposes. 117.45 Operation during winter season in the Great Lakes area. 117.47 Clearance gages. 117.49 Process of violations. Subpart B_Specific Requirements 117.51 Purpose. 117.53 Applicability. 117.55 Posting of requirements. 117.57 Advance notice. 117.59 Special requirements due to hazards. Alabama 117.101 Alabama River. 117.103 Bayou La Batre. 117.105 Bayou Sara. 117.107 Chattahoochee River. 117.109 Coosa River. 117.113 Tensaw River. 117.115 Three Mile Creek. [[Page 539]] Arkansas 117.121 Arkansas River. 117.123 Arkansas Waterway-Automated Railroad Bridges. 117.125 Black River. 117.127 Current River. 117.129 Little Red River. 117.131 Little River. 117.133 Ouachita River. 117.135 Red River. 117.137 St. Francis River. 117.139 White River. California 117.140 General. 117.141 American River. 117.143 Bishop Cut. 117.145 Burns Cutoff. 117.147 Cerritos Channel. 117.149 China Basin, Mission Creek. 117.150 Connection Slough. 117.151 Cordelia Slough (A tributary of Suisun Bay). 117.153 Corte Madera Creek. 117.155 Eureka Slough. 117.157 Georgiana Slough. 117.159 Grant Line Canal. 117.161 Honker Cut. 117.163 Islais Creek (Channel). 117.165 Lindsey Slough. 117.167 Little Potato Slough. 117.169 Mare Island Strait and the Napa River. 117.171 Middle River. 117.173 Miner Slough. 117.175 Mokelumne River. 117.177 Mud Slough. 117.179 Newark Slough. 117.181 Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal. 117.183 Old River. 117.185 Pacheco Creek. 117.187 Petaluma River. 117.189 Sacramento River. 117.191 San Joaquin River. 117.193 San Leandro Bay. 117.195 Snodgrass Slough. 117.197 Sonoma Creek. 117.199 Steamboat Slough. 117.201 Sutter Slough. Connecticut 117.202 Cold Spring Brook. 117.205 Connecticut River. 117.207 Housatonic River. 117.209 Mianus River. 117.211 Mystic River. 117.213 New Haven Harbor, Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers. 117.215 Niantic River. 117.217 Norwalk River. 117.219 Pequonnock River. 117.221 Saugatuck River. 117.223 Shaw Cove. 117.224 Thames River. 117.225 Yellow Mill Channel. Delaware 117.231 Brandywine Creek. 117.233 Broad Creek. 117.235 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. 117.237 Christina River. 117.239 Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. 117.241 Mispillion River. 117.243 Nanticoke River. 117.245 Smyrna River. District of Columbia 117.253 Anacostia River. 117.255 Potomac River. Florida 117.258 Apalachicola River. 117.261 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from St. Marys River to Key Largo. 117.263 Banana River. 117.267 Big Carlos Pass. 117.268 Billy's Creek. 117.269 Biscayne Bay. 117.271 Blackwater River. 117.272 Boot Key Harbor. 117.273 Canaveral Barge Canal. 117.277 Clearwater Pass. 117.279 Coffeepot Bayou. 117.283 Dunns Creek. 117.285 Grand Canal. 117.287 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. 117.289 Hillsboro Inlet. 117.291 Hillsborough River. 117.295 Kissimmee River. 117.297 Little Manatee River. 117.299 Loxahatchee River. 117.300 Manatee River. 117.301 Massalina Bayou. 117.303 Matlacha Pass. 117.305 Miami River. 117.307 Miami River, North Fork. 117.309 Nassau Sound. 117.311 New Pass. 117.313 New River. 117.315 New River, South Fork. 117.317 Okeechobee Waterway. 117.319 Oklawaha River. 117.323 Outer Clam Bay. 117.324 Rice Creek. 117.325 St. Johns River. 117.327 St. Marks River. 117.329 St. Marys River. 117.331 Snake Creek. 117.333 Suwannee River. 117.335 Taylor Creek. 117.337 Trout River. 117.341 Whitcomb Bayou. Georgia 117.351 Altamaha River. 117.353 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Savannah River to St. Marys River. 117.359 Chattahoochee River. 117.361 Flint River. 117.363 Ocmulgee River. 117.365 Oconee River. 117.367 Ogeechee River. [[Page 540]] 117.369 Satilla River. 117.371 Savannah River. 117.373 St. Marys River. Idaho 117.381 Clearwater River. 117.383 Pend Oreille River. 117.385 Snake River. Illinois 117.389 Calumet River. 117.391 Chicago River. 117.393 Illinois Waterway. 117.397 Wabash River. Indiana 117.401 Trail Creek. 117.403 Wabash River. Iowa 117.407 Missouri River. Kansas 117.411 Missouri River. Kentucky 117.415 Green River. 117.417 Ohio River. Louisiana 117.422 Amite River. 117.423 Atchafalaya River. 117.424 Belle River. 117.425 Black Bayou. 117.427 Black River. 117.429 Boeuf Bayou. 117.433 Bonfouca Bayou. 117.434 Caddo Lake. 117.435 Carlin Bayou. 117.436 Chef Menteur Pass. 117.437 Colyell Bayou. 117.438 Company Canal. 117.439 Des Allemands Bayou. 117.441 D'Inde Bayou. 117.443 Du Large Bayou. 117.444 Falgout Canal. 117.445 Franklin Canal. 117.447 Grand Cabahanosse Bayou. 117.449 Grosse Tete Bayou. 117.451 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. 117.453 Houma Canal. 117.455 Houma Navigation Canal. 117.457 Houston River. 117.458 Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, New Orleans. 117.459 Kelso Bayou. 117.460 La Carpe Bayou. 117.461 Lacassine Bayou. 117.463 Lacombe Bayou. 117.465 Lafourche Bayou. 117.467 Lake Pontchartrain. 117.469 Liberty Bayou. 117.471 Little Black Bayou. 117.473 Little River. 117.475 Little (Petit) Caillou Bayou. 117.477 Lower Atchafalaya River. 117.478 Lower Grand River. 117.479 Macon Bayou. 117.480 Mermentau River. 117.482 Nezpique Bayou. 117.483 Ouachita River. 117.484 Pass Manchac. 117.485 Patout Bayou. 117.486 Pierre Pass. 117.487 Plaquemine Bayou. 117.488 Pearl River. 117.489 Plaquemine Brule Bayou. 117.491 Red River. 117.493 Sabine River. 117.494 Schooner Bayou Canal. 117.495 Superior Oil Canal. 117.497 Stumpy Bayou. 117.499 Tante Phine Pass. 117.500 Tchefuncta River. 117.501 Teche Bayou. 117.503 Tensas River. 117.505 Terrebonne Bayou. 117.507 Tigre Bayou. 117.509 Vermilion River. 117.511 West Pearl River. Maine 117.521 Back Cove. 117.523 Back River. 117.525 Kennebec River. 117.527 Kennebunk River. 117.529 Narraguagus River. 117.531 Piscataqua River. 117.533 Sheepscot River. 117.535 Taunton River. Maryland 117.541 Baltimore Harbor--Patapsco River. 117.543 Bear Creek. 117.547 Bush River. 117.549 Cambridge Harbor. 117.551 Chester River. 117.553 Choptank River. 117.555 College Creek. 117.557 Curtis Creek. 117.559 Isle of Wight Bay. 117.561 Kent Island Narrows. 117.563 Marshyhope Creek. 117.565 Miles River. 117.567 Patuxent River. 117.569 Pocomoke River. 117.570 Sassafras River. 117.571 Spa Creek. 117.573 Stoney Creek. 117.575 Susquehanna River. 117.577 Weems Creek. 117.579 Wicomico River (North Prong). Massachusetts 117.585 Acushnet River. 117.586 Annisquaim River and Blynman Canal. 117.587 Apponagansett River. 117.588 Bass River. 117.589 Cape Cod Canal. 117.591 Charles River and its tributaries. [[Page 541]] 117.593 Chelsea River. 117.595 Danvers River. 117.597 Dorchester Bay. 117.598 Eel Pond Channel. 117.599 Fort Point Channel. 117.600 Lagoon Pond. 117.601 Malden River. 117.603 Manchester Harbor. 117.605 Merrimack River. 117.607 Mitchell River. 117.609 Mystic River. 117.611 Neponset River. 117.613 North River. 117.615 Plum Island River. 117.618 Saugus River. 117.619 Taunton River. 117.620 Westport River--East Branch. 117.621 Fore River. 117.622 West Bay. Michigan 117.624 Black River (South Haven). 117.625 Black River. 117.627 Cheboygan River. 117.631 Detroit River (Trenton Channel). 117.633 Grand River. 117.635 Keweenaw Waterway. 117.637 Manistee River. 117.639 Ontonagon River. 117.641 Pine River (Charlevoix). 117.643 Pine River (St. Clair). 117.647 Saginaw River. 117.651 St. Joseph River. 117.653 St. Mary's Fall Canal. 117.655 Thunder Bay River. Minnesota 117.661 Duluth Ship Canal (Duluth-Superior Harbor). 117.663 Minnesota River. 117.665 Red River of the North. 117.667 St. Croix River. 117.669 St. Louis River (Duluth-Superior Harbor). 117.671 Upper Mississippi River. Mississippi 117.675 Back Bay of Biloxi. 117.677 Big Sunflower River. 117.681 Old Fort Bayou. 117.683 Pearl River. 117.684 Bayou Portage. 117.685 Tchoutacabouffa River. 117.686 Yazoo River. Missouri 117.687 Missouri River. 117.689 Osage River. Nebraska 117.691 Missouri River. New Hampshire 117.697 Hampton River. 117.699 Little Harbor. 117.700 Piscataqua River. New Jersey 117.701 Alloway Creek. 117.703 Bass River. 117.705 Beaver Dam Creek. 117.709 Cheesequake Creek. 117.711 Cohansey River. 117.713 Cooper River. 117.714 Corson Inlet. 117.715 Debbies Creek. 117.716 Delaware River. 117.719 Elizabeth River. 117.720 Great Channel. 117.721 Grassy Sound Channel. 117.723 Hackensack River. 117.725 Manantico Creek. 117.727 Manasquan River. 117.729 Mantua Creek. 117.731 Maurice River. 117.731a Mullica River. 117.732 Nacote Creek. 117.733 New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. 117.734 Navesink River (Swimming River). 117.735 Newark Bay. 117.736 Oceanport Creek. 117.737 Oldmans Creek. 117.738 Overpeck Creek. 117.739 Passaic River. 117.741 Raccoon Creek. 117.743 Rahway River. 117.745 Rancocas River (Creek). 117.747 Raritank River, Arthur Kill, and their tributaries. 117.749 Salem River. 117.750 Schellenger Creek. 117.751 Shark River (South Channel). 117.753 Ship Channel, Great Egg Harbor Bay. 117.755 Shrewsbury River. 117.756 South River. 117.757 Tuckahoe River. 117.759 Wading River. 117.761 Woodbridge Creek. New York 117.769 Black Rock Canal. 117.771 Bronx River. 117.773 Buffalo River. 117.775 Coney Island Creek. 117.779 Eastchester Bay (Arm of). 117.781 East River. 117.783 Flushing Creek. 117.785 Genessee River. 117.787 Gowanus Canal. 117.789 Harlem River. 117.791 Hudson River. 117.793 Hutchinson River (Eastchester Creek). 117.795 Jamaica Bay and Connecting Waterways. 117.797 Lake Champlain. 117.799 Long Island, New York Island Waterway from East Rockaway Inlet to Shinnecock Canal. 117.801 Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills, English Kills and their tributaries. [[Page 542]] 117.802 New Rochelle Harbor. 117.803 Niagara River. 117.805 Peekskill (Annsville) Creek. 117.809 Tonawanda Creek. 117.811 Tonawanda Harbor. 117.813 Wappinger Creek. 117.815 Westchester Creek. North Carolina 117.821 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Albemarle Sound to Sunset Beach. 117.822 Beaufort Channel, NC. 117.823 Cape Fear River. 117.824 Neuse River. 117.825 Newport River. 117.829 Northeast Cape Fear River. 117.831 Pamlico and Tar Rivers. 117.833 Pasquotank River. 117.835 Perquimans River. 117.837 Roanoke River. 117.841 Smith Creek. 117.843 Trent River. Ohio 117.847 Ashtabula River. 117.849 Muskingum River (Zanesville Canal). 117.850 Black River. 117.851 Portage River. 117.853 Sandusky Bay. 117.855 Maumee River. Oregon 117.861 Blind Slough. 117.865 Clatskanie River. 117.867 [Reserved] 117.869 Columbia River. 117.871 Coos Bay. 117.873 Coos River. 117.875 Coquille River. 117.879 Isthmus Slough. 117.881 John Day River. 117.885 [Reserved] 117.887 Oregon Slough (North Portland Harbor). 117.889 Siuslaw River. 117.891 [Reserved] 117.892 South Slough. 117.893 Umpqua River. 117.895 Wallooskee River. 117.897 Willamette River. 117.899 Youngs Bay and Lewis and Clark River. Pennsylvania 117.901 Chester Creek. 117.903 Darby Creek. 117.904 Delaware River. 117.905 Schuylkill River. Rhode Island [Reserved] South Carolina 117.911 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Little River to Savannah River. 117.913 Ashepoo River. 117.915 Ashley River. 117.917 Battery Creek. 117.921 Broad River. 117.923 Congaree River. 117.925 Cooper River. 117.927 Coosaw River (Whale Branch). 117.929 Durham Creek. 117.933 Pee Dee River. 117.935 Rantowles Creek. 117.936 Savannah River. 117.938 Waccamaw River. 117.939 Wando River. South Dakota 117.941 Missouri River. Tennessee 117.943 Cumberland River. 117.945 Hatchie River. 117.947 Obion River. 117.949 Tennessee River. Texas 117.951 Arroyo Colorado River. 117.953 Brazos River (Diversion Channel). 117.955 Buffalo Bayou. 117.957 Cedar Bayou. 117.959 Chocolate Bayou. 117.963 Colorado River. 117.965 Cow Bayou. 117.967 Greens Bayou. 117.968 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. 117.969 Lavaca River. 117.971 Neches River. 117.975 Old Brazos River. 117.977 Pelican Island Causeway, Galveston Channel. 117.979 Sabine Lake. 117.981 Sabine River. 117.983 Sabine River (Old Channel) behind Orange Harbor Island. 117.984 San Bernard River. 117.987 Taylor Bayou. 117.989 Trinity River. Vermont 117.993 Lake Champlain. Virginia 117.995 Appomattox River. 117.997 Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, South Branch of the Elizabeth River to the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. 117.999 Blackwater River. 117.1001 Cat Point Creek. 117.1003 Chickahominy River. 117.1005 Chincoteague Channel. 117.1007 Elizabeth River--Eastern Branch. 117.1011 Great Wicomico River. 117.1013 Kinsale Creek. 117.1015 Mattaponi River. 117.1021 North Landing River. 117.1023 Pamunkey River. 117.1025 York River. [[Page 543]] Washington 117.1031 Chehalis River. 117.1035 Columbia River. 117.1037 Cowlitz River. 117.1039 [Reserved] 117.1041 Duwamish Waterway. 117.1045 Hood Canal. 117.1047 Hoquiam River. 117.1049 Lake Washington. 117.1051 Lake Washington Ship Canal. 117.1053 Lewis River. 117.1055 Skagit River. 117.1057 Skamokawa Creek. 117.1058 Snake River. 117.1059 Snohomish River, Steamboat Sough, and Ebey Slough. 117.1061 Tacoma Harbor. 117.1063 Willapa River South Fork. 117.1065 Wishkah River. Wisconsin 117.1081 Black River. 117.1083 Duluth-Superior Harbor (St. Louis River). 117.1085 East River. 117.1087 Fox River. 117.1089 Manitowoc River. 117.1091 Menomonee River. 117.1093 Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic Rivers and South Menomonee and Burnham Canals. 117.1095 Root River. 117.1097 Sheboygan River. 117.1099 St. Croix River. 117.1101 Sturgeon Bay. 117.1103 Upper Mississippi River. 117.1105 Wisconsin River. 117.1107 Wolf River. Appendix A to Part 117--Drawbridges Equipped With Radiotelephones Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05-1(g); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1; section 117.255 also issued under the authority of Pub. L. 102-587, 106 Stat. 5039. Source: CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted. Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 117 appear at 63 FR 35529, June 30, 1998. This subpart prescribes general requirements relating to the use and operation of drawbridges across the navigable waters of the United States. Note: The primary jurisdiction to regulate drawbridges across the navigable waters of the United States is vested in the Federal Government. Laws, ordinances, regulations, and rules which purport to regulate these bridges and which are not promulgated by the Federal Government have no force and effect.