33 CFR 117.17
§ 117.17 Signalling for contiguous drawbridges.
United States · 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Status: effective
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- 33 CFR 117.17, § 117.17 Signalling for contiguous drawbridges, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/150626
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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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.