[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: 33CFR117.17]



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                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.  117.17  Signalling for contiguous drawbridges.



    When a vessel must past two or more drawbridges close together, the 

opening signal is given for the first bridge. After acknowledgment from 

the first bridge that it will promptly open, the opening signal is given 

for the second bridge, and so on until all bridges that the vessel must 

pass have been given the opening signal and have acknowledged that they 

will open promptly.