33 CFR § 117.40 - Advance notice for drawbridge opening.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s117.40"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 117.40 - Advance notice for drawbridge opening."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "117.40"
section_name: "Advance notice for drawbridge opening."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "BRIDGES"
part_number: "117"
part_name: "DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05-1; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "117"
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# 117.40 Advance notice for drawbridge opening.
(a) Upon written request by the owner of a drawbridge, the District Commander may authorize a drawbridge to operate under an advance notice for opening. The drawbridge tender, after receiving the advance notice, must open the drawbridge at the requested time and allow for a reasonable delay in arrival of the vessel giving the advance notice.
(b) If the request is approved, a description of the advanced notice for the drawbridge will be added to subpart B of this part.
[USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70309, Dec. 4, 2006]