33 CFR § 166.105 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s166.105"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 166.105 - Definitions."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "166.105"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY"
part_number: "166"
part_name: "SHIPPING SAFETY FAIRWAYS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 70001, 70003; 49 CFR 1.46."
cfr_part: "166"
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# 166.105 Definitions.
(a) *Shipping safety fairway* or *fairway* means a lane or corridor in which no artificial island or fixed structure, whether temporary or permanent, will be permitted. Temporary underwater obstacles may be permitted under certain conditions described for specific areas in subpart B. Aids to navigation approved by the U.S. Coast Guard may be established in a fairway.
(b) *Fairway anchorage* means an anchorage area contiguous to and associated with a fairway, in which fixed structures may be permitted within certain spacing limitations, as described for specific areas in subpart B.
[CGD 81-80a, 48 FR 30110, June 30, 1983]