[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR277.4]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

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.



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