33 CFR § 117.543 - Bear Creek.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s117.543"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 117.543 - Bear Creek."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "117.543"
section_name: "Bear Creek."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "BRIDGES"
part_number: "117"
part_name: "DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
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# 117.543 Bear Creek.

(a) The draw of the Peninsula Parkway Bridge, mile 2.1, between Dundalk and Sparrows Point, shall open on signal; except that, from April 16 through November 15 from 12 midnight to 8 a.m. except Saturdays and Sundays, and Federal and State holidays, at least one half hour notice is required.

(b) The draw of the Baltimore County highway bridge, mile 3.4 at Wise Avenue between Dundalk and Sparrows Point, shall open on signal if at least four hours notice is given.

[CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, as amended by USCG-2011-0816, 76 FR 65120, Oct. 20, 2011]