Title 33, Part 117 — Drawbridge Operation Regulations
424 sections
Section 117.1
Purpose.
Section 117.4
Definitions.
Section 117.5
When the drawbridge must open.
Section 117.7
General requirements of drawbridge owners.
Section 117.8
Permanent changes to drawbridge operation.
Section 117.9
Delaying opening of a draw.
Section 117.11
Unnecessary opening of the draw.
Section 117.15
Signals.
Section 117.17
Signalling for contiguous drawbridges.
Section 117.19
Signalling when two or more vessels are approaching a drawbridge.
Section 117.21
Signalling for an opened drawbridge.
Section 117.23
Installation of radiotelephones.
Section 117.24
Radiotelephone installation identification.
Section 117.31
Drawbridge operations for emergency vehicles and emergency vessels.
Section 117.33
Closure of draw for natural disasters or civil disorders.
Section 117.35
Temporary change to a drawbridge operating schedule.
Section 117.36
Closure of drawbridge for emergency repair.
Section 117.39
Authorized closure of drawbridge due to infrequent requests for openings.
Section 117.40
Advance notice for drawbridge opening.
Section 117.41
Maintaining drawbridges in the fully open position.
Section 117.42
Remotely operated and automated drawbridges.
Section 117.47
Clearance gauges.
Section 117.49
Process of violations.
Section 117.51
General.
Section 117.55
Posting of requirements.
Section 117.59
Special requirements due to hazards.
Section 117.101
Alabama River.
Section 117.103
Bayou La Batre.
Section 117.105
§ 117.105 Bayou Sara.
Section 117.106
Black Warrior River.
Section 117.107
Chattahoochee River.
Section 117.109
Coosa River.
Section 117.111
Mobile River.
Section 117.113
Tensaw River.
Section 117.118
Tombigbee River.
Section 117.123
Arkansas Waterway.
Section 117.125
Black River.
Section 117.129
Little Red River.
Section 117.131
Little River.
Section 117.133
Ouachita River.
Section 117.135
Red River.
Section 117.139
White River.
Section 117.140
General.
Section 117.141
American River.
Section 117.143
Bishop Cut.
Section 117.147
Cerritos Channel.
Section 117.149
China Basin, Mission Creek.
Section 117.150
Connection Slough.
Section 117.151
Cordelia Slough (a tributary of Suisun Bay).
Section 117.153
Corte Madera Creek.
Section 117.155
Eureka Slough.
Section 117.157
Georgiana Slough.
Section 117.159
Grant Line Canal.
Section 117.161
Honker Cut.
Section 117.162T
Honker Cut.
Section 117.163
Islais Creek (Channel).
Section 117.165
Lindsey Slough.
Section 117.167
Little Potato Slough.
Section 117.169
Mare Island Strait and the Napa River.
Section 117.171
Middle River.
Section 117.173
Miner Slough.
Section 117.175
Mokelumne River.
Section 117.177
Mud Slough.
Section 117.179
Newark Slough.
Section 117.181
Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal.
Section 117.183
Old River.
Section 117.185
Pacheco Creek.
Section 117.187
Petaluma River.
Section 117.189
Sacramento River.
Section 117.191
San Joaquin River.
Section 117.193
San Leandro Bay.
Section 117.195
Snodgrass Slough.
Section 117.197
Sonoma Creek.
Section 117.199
Steamboat Slough.
Section 117.201
Sutter Slough.
Section 117.202
Cold Spring Brook.
Section 117.205
Connecticut River.
Section 117.207
Housatonic River.
Section 117.209
Mianus River.
Section 117.211
Mystic River.
Section 117.213
New Haven Harbor, Quinnipiac and Mill Rivers.
Section 117.215
Niantic River.
Section 117.217
Norwalk River.
Section 117.219
Pequonnock River.
Section 117.221
Saugatuck River.
Section 117.223
Shaw Cove.
Section 117.224
Thames River.
Section 117.225
Yellow Mill Channel.
Section 117.231
Brandywine Creek.
Section 117.233
Broad Creek.
Section 117.234
Cedar Creek.
Section 117.235
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
Section 117.237
Christina River.
Section 117.239
Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.
Section 117.241
Mispillion River.
Section 117.243
Nanticoke River.
Section 117.245
Smyrna River.
Section 117.253
Anacostia River.
Section 117.255
Potomac River.
Section 117.258
Apalachicola River.
Section 117.261
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from St. Marys River to Key Largo.
Section 117.263
Banana River.
Section 117.267
Big Carlos Pass.
Section 117.268
Billy's Creek.
Section 117.269
Biscayne Bay.
Section 117.271
Blackwater River.
Section 117.273
Canaveral Barge Canal.
Section 117.279
Coffeepot Bayou.
Section 117.283
Dunns Creek.
Section 117.285
Grand Canal.
Section 117.287
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
Section 117.289
Hillsboro Inlet.
Section 117.291
Hillsborough River.
Section 117.293
Indian Creek.
Section 117.297
Little Manatee River.
Section 117.299
Loxahatchee River.
Section 117.300
Manatee River.
Section 117.301
Massalina Bayou.
Section 117.303
Matlacha Pass.
Section 117.304
Miami Beach Channel.
Section 117.305
Miami River.
Section 117.307
Miami River, North Fork.
Section 117.307T
Miami River, North Fork.
Section 117.311
New Pass.
Section 117.313
New River.
Section 117.317
Okeechobee Waterway.
Section 117.319
Oklawaha River.
Section 117.323
Outer Clam Bay.
Section 117.324
Rice Creek.
Section 117.325
St. Johns River.
Section 117.329
St. Marys River.
Section 117.331
Snake Creek.
Section 117.335
Taylor Creek.
Section 117.337
Trout River.
Section 117.341
Whitcomb Bayou.
Section 117.351
Altamaha River.
Section 117.359
Chattahoochee River.
Section 117.361
Flint River.
Section 117.363
Ocmulgee River.
Section 117.371
Savannah River.
Section 117.373
St. Marys River.
Section 117.381
Clearwater River.
Section 117.383
Pend Oreille River.
Section 117.385
Snake River.
Section 117.391
Chicago River.
Section 117.393
Illinois Waterway.
Section 117.397
Wabash River.
Section 117.400
Indiana Harbor Canal.
Section 117.401
Trail Creek.
Section 117.403
Wabash River.
Section 117.407
Missouri River.
Section 117.411
Missouri River.
Section 117.415
Green River.
Section 117.417
Ohio River.
Section 117.422
Amite River.
Section 117.423
Atchafalaya River.
Section 117.424
Belle River.
Section 117.425
Black Bayou.
Section 117.429
Boeuf Bayou.
Section 117.433
Bonfouca Bayou.
Section 117.434
Caddo Lake.
Section 117.435
Carlin Bayou.
Section 117.436
Chef Menteur Pass.
Section 117.438
Colyell Bayou.
Section 117.439
Company Canal.
Section 117.440
Des Allemands Bayou.
Section 117.441
D'Inde Bayou.
Section 117.443
Du Large Bayou.
Section 117.444
Falgout Canal.
Section 117.445
Franklin Canal.
Section 117.449
Grosse Tete Bayou.
Section 117.451
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
Section 117.453
Houma Canal.
Section 117.455
Houma Navigation Canal.
Section 117.457
Houston River.
Section 117.458
Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, New Orleans.
Section 117.459
Kelso Bayou.
Section 117.460
La Carpe Bayou.
Section 117.461
Lacassine Bayou.
Section 117.463
Lacombe Bayou.
Section 117.465
Lafourche Bayou.
Section 117.467
Lake Pontchartrain.
Section 117.469
Liberty Bayou.
Section 117.475
Little (Petit) Caillou Bayou.
Section 117.477
Lower Atchafalaya River.
Section 117.478
Lower Grand River.
Section 117.480
Mermentau River.
Section 117.481
Milhomme Bayou.
Section 117.484
Pass Manchac.
Section 117.486
Pearl River.
Section 117.487
Pierre Pass.
Section 117.488
Plaquemine Bayou.
Section 117.489
Plaquemine Brule Bayou.
Section 117.491
Red River.
Section 117.493
Sabine River.
Section 117.494
Schooner Bayou Canal.
Section 117.497
Stumpy Bayou.
Section 117.500
Tchefuncta River.
Section 117.501
Teche Bayou.
Section 117.503
Tensas River.
Section 117.505
Terrebonne Bayou.
Section 117.507
Tigre Bayou.
Section 117.509
Vermilion River.
Section 117.511
West Pearl River.
Section 117.523
Back River.
Section 117.525
Kennebec River.
Section 117.531
Piscataqua River.
Section 117.533
Sheepscot River.
Section 117.537
Townsend Gut.
Section 117.543
Bear Creek.
Section 117.547
Bush River.
Section 117.549
Cambridge Harbor.
Section 117.551
Chester River.
Section 117.553
Choptank River.
Section 117.557
Curtis Creek.
Section 117.559
Isle of Wight (Sinepuxent) Bay.
Section 117.561
Kent Island Narrows.
Section 117.563
Marshyhope Creek.
Section 117.565
Miles River.
Section 117.566
Patapsco River—Middle Branch.
Section 117.567
Patuxent River.
Section 117.569
Pocomoke River.
Section 117.570
Sassafras River.
Section 117.571
Spa Creek.
Section 117.573
Stoney Creek.
Section 117.575
Susquehanna River.
Section 117.577
Weems Creek.
Section 117.579
Wicomico River (North Prong).
Section 117.585
Acushnet River.
Section 117.586
Annisquam River and Blynman Canal.
Section 117.587
Apponagansett River.
Section 117.588
Bass River.
Section 117.589
Cape Cod Canal.
Section 117.591
Charles River and its tributaries.
Section 117.593
Chelsea River.
Section 117.595
Danvers River.
Section 117.597
Dorchester Bay.
Section 117.598
Eel Pond Channel.
Section 117.600
Lagoon Pond.
Section 117.603
Manchester Harbor.
Section 117.605
Merrimack River.
Section 117.607
Mitchell River.
Section 117.609
Mystic River.
Section 117.611
Neponset River.
Section 117.615
Plum Island River.
Section 117.618
Saugus River.
Section 117.619
Taunton River.
Section 117.620
Westport River—East Branch.
Section 117.621
West Bay.
Section 117.622
Weymouth Fore River.
Section 117.624
Black River (South Haven).
Section 117.625
Black River (Port Huron).
Section 117.627
Cheboygan River.
Section 117.631
Detroit River (Trenton Channel).
Section 117.633
Grand River.
Section 117.635
Keweenaw Waterway.
Section 117.637
Manistee River.
Section 117.641
Pine River (Charlevoix).
Section 117.643
Pine River (St. Clair).
Section 117.645
River Rouge.
Section 117.647
Saginaw River.
Section 117.651
St. Joseph River.
Section 117.653
St. Mary's Falls Canal.
Section 117.655
Thunder Bay River.
Section 117.661
Duluth Ship Canal (Duluth-Superior Harbor).
Section 117.664
Rainy River, Rainy Lake and their tributaries.
Section 117.665
Red River of the North.
Section 117.667
St. Croix River.
Section 117.669
St. Louis River (Duluth-Superior Harbor).
Section 117.671
Upper Mississippi River.
Section 117.675
Back Bay of Biloxi.
Section 117.681
Old Fort Bayou.
Section 117.683
Pearl River.
Section 117.684
Bayou Portage.
Section 117.685
Tchoutacabouffa River.
Section 117.686
Yazoo River.
Section 117.687
Missouri River.
Section 117.691
Missouri River.
Section 117.697
Hampton River.
Section 117.699
Little Harbor.
Section 117.700
Piscataqua River.
Section 117.701
Alloway Creek.
Section 117.702
Arthur Kill.
Section 117.705
Beaver Dam Creek.
Section 117.709
Cheesequake Creek.
Section 117.714
Corson Inlet.
Section 117.716
Delaware River.
Section 117.718
Elizabeth River.
Section 117.719
Glimmer Glass (Debbie's Creek).
Section 117.720
Great Channel.
Section 117.721
Grassy Sound Channel.
Section 117.723
Hackensack River.
Section 117.729
Mantua Creek.
Section 117.731
Mullica River.
Section 117.733
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway.
Section 117.734
Navesink River (Swimming River).
Section 117.735
Newark Bay.
Section 117.736
Oceanport Creek.
Section 117.737
Oldmans Creek.
Section 117.739
Passaic River.
Section 117.741
Raccoon Creek.
Section 117.743
Rahway River.
Section 117.745
Rancocas Creek.
Section 117.747
Raritan River.
Section 117.750
Schellenger Creek.
Section 117.751
Shark River (South Channel).
Section 117.755
Shrewsbury River.
Section 117.756
South River.
Section 117.757
Townsend Inlet.
Section 117.759
Wading River.
Section 117.769
Black Rock Canal.
Section 117.771
Bronx River.
Section 117.773
Buffalo River.
Section 117.781
East River.
Section 117.785
Genesee River.
Section 117.787
Gowanus Canal.
Section 117.789
Harlem River.
Section 117.791
Hudson River.
Section 117.793
Hutchinson River (Eastchester Creek).
Section 117.795
Jamaica Bay and Connecting Waterways.
Section 117.797
Lake Champlain.
Section 117.799
Long Island, New York Inland Waterway from East Rockaway Inlet to Shinnecock Canal.
Section 117.800
Mill Neck Creek.
Section 117.801
Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills, English Kills and their tributaries.
Section 117.802
New Rochelle Harbor.
Section 117.803
Niagara River.
Section 117.813
[Reserved]
Section 117.815
Westchester Creek.
Section 117.820
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Alternate Route), Great Dismal Swamp Canal.
Section 117.821
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Albermarle Sound to Sunset Beach.
Section 117.822
Cape Fear River.
Section 117.825
Newport River.
Section 117.829
Northeast Cape Fear River.
Section 117.831
Pamlico and Tar Rivers.
Section 117.833
Pasquotank River.
Section 117.835
Perquimans River.
Section 117.843
Trent River.
Section 117.847
Ashtabula River.
Section 117.848
Cleveland Harbor.
Section 117.849
Muskingum River (Zanesville Canal).
Section 117.850
Black River.
Section 117.851
Portage River.
Section 117.853
Sandusky Bay.
Section 117.855
Maumee River.
Section 117.861
Blind Slough.
Section 117.865
Clatskanie River.
Section 117.869
Columbia River.
Section 117.871
Coos Bay.
Section 117.873
Coos River.
Section 117.875
Coquille River.
Section 117.879
Isthmus Slough.
Section 117.881
John Day River.
Section 117.887
Oregon Slough (North Portland Harbor).
Section 117.889
Siuslaw River.
Section 117.892
South Slough.
Section 117.893
Umpqua River.
Section 117.895
Wallooskee River.
Section 117.897
Willamette River.
Section 117.899
Youngs Bay and Lewis and Clark River.
Section 117.901
Chester Creek.
Section 117.903
Darby Creek.
Section 117.904
Delaware River.
Section 117.905
Schuylkill River.
Section 117.911
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Little River to Savannah River.
Section 117.913
Ashepoo River.
Section 117.915
Ashley River.
Section 117.923
Congaree River.
Section 117.925
Cooper River.
Section 117.929
Durham Creek.
Section 117.936
Savannah River.
Section 117.938
Waccamaw River.
Section 117.941
Missouri River.
Section 117.943
Cumberland River.
Section 117.949
Tennessee River.
Section 117.951
Arroyo Colorado River.
Section 117.953
Brazos River (Diversion Channel).
Section 117.955
Buffalo Bayou.
Section 117.959
Chocolate Bayou.
Section 117.965
Cow Bayou.
Section 117.966
Galveston Channel.
Section 117.967
Greens Bayou.
Section 117.968
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
Section 117.971
Neches River.
Section 117.975
Old Brazos River.
Section 117.981
Sabine River.
Section 117.984
San Bernard River.
Section 117.988
Taylor Bayou Outfall Canal (Joint Outfall Canal (JOC)).
Section 117.989
Trinity River.
Section 117.991
Victoria Barge Canal.
Section 117.993
Lake Champlain.
Section 117.995
Appomattox River.
Section 117.997
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, South Branch of the Elizabeth River to the Albermarle and Chesapeake Canal.
Section 117.1005
Chincoteague Channel.
Section 117.1007
Elizabeth River—Eastern Branch.
Section 117.1021
North Landing River.
Section 117.1023
Pamunkey River.
Section 117.1025
York River.
Section 117.1029
Chambers Bay.
Section 117.1031
Chehalis River.
Section 117.1035
Columbia River.
Section 117.1037
Cowlitz River.
Section 117.1041
Duwamish Waterway.
Section 117.1045
Hood Canal.
Section 117.1047
Hoquiam River.
Section 117.1051
Lake Washington Ship Canal.
Section 117.1053
Lewis River.
Section 117.1055
Skagit River.
Section 117.1058
Snake River.
Section 117.1059
Snohomish River, Steamboat Slough, and Ebey Slough.
Section 117.1061
Tacoma Harbor.
Section 117.1063
Willapa River South Fork.
Section 117.1065
Wishkah River.
Section 117.1081
Black River.
Section 117.1083
Duluth-Superior Harbor (St. Louis River).
Section 117.1087
Fox River.
Section 117.1089
Manitowoc River.
Section 117.1091
Menomonee River.
Section 117.1093
Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic Rivers and South Menomonee and Burnham Canals.
Section 117.1095
Root River.
Section 117.1097
Sheboygan River.
Section 117.1099
St. Croix River.
Section 117.1101
Sturgeon Bay.
Section 117.1103
Upper Mississippi River.
Section 117.1107
Wolf River.