GroundRules
33 CFR 117.17: Signalling for contiguous drawbridges.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters
- CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
- SUBCHAPTER J—BRIDGES
- PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION REGULATIONS
- Subpart A—General Requirements
When a vessel must past two or more drawbridges close together, the opening signal is given for the first bridge. After acknowledgment from the first bridge that it will promptly open, the opening signal is given for the second bridge, and so on until all bridges that the vessel must pass have been given the opening signal and have acknowledged that they will open promptly.
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