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33 U.S.C. § 59q–1 — Union Canal, Outer Buffalo Harbor, New York
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The portion of the Union Canal, also known as the Union Ship Canal, an appendage of the Buffalo Outer Harbor, located in the City of Buffalo, State of New York, is declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the General Bridge Act of 1946 ([33 U.S.C. 525](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section525&num=0&edition=prelim), et seq.) from a point two hundred feet west of Fuhrmann Boulevard east to its terminus.
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The portion of the Union Canal, also known as the Union Ship Canal, an appendage of the Buffalo Outer Harbor, located in the City of Buffalo, State of New York, is declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the General Bridge Act of 1946 ([33 U.S.C. 525](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section525&num=0&edition=prelim), et seq.) from a point two hundred feet west of Fuhrmann Boulevard east to its terminus.
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**(a) Consent of Congress** The consent of Congress is granted for the construction, maintenance, and operation of bridges and approaches thereto over the navigable waters of the United States, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
**(b) Approval of plans** The location and plans for such bridges shall be approved by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating before construction is commenced, and, in approving the location and plans of any bridge, the Secretary may impose any specific conditions relating to the maintenance and operation of the structure which the Secretary may deem necessary in the interest of public navigation, and the conditions so imposed shall have the force of law. This subsection shall not apply to any bridge over waters which are not subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and which are not used and are not susceptible to use in their natural condition or by reasonable improvement as a means to transport interstate or foreign commerce.
**(c) Private highway toll bridges** Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), it shall be unlawful to construct or commence the construction of any privately owned highway toll bridge until the location and plans thereof shall also have been submitted to and approved by the highway department or departments of the State or States in which the bridge and its approaches are situated; and where such bridge shall be between two or more States and the highway departments thereof shall be unable to agree upon the location and plans therefor, or if they, or either of them, shall fail or refuse to act upon the location and plans submitted, such location and plans then shall be submitted to the Secretary of Transportation and, if approved by the Secretary of Tra
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 523
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2022—Pub. L. 117–263, § 11805(c), struck out ‘‘, except
to the extent provided in this section’’ before period at
end.
Pub. L. 117–263, § 11805(a), reinstated section 12(a) of
the act of June 21, 1940, as it appeared before repeal by
Pub. L. 116–283, and redesignated it as the sole text of
section 12.
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 repealed this section. Text of
subsec. (a) was reinstated by Pub. L. 117–263 and redes-
ignated as text of entire section. See above.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2022 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVIII, § 11805(b), Dec. 23,
2022, 136 Stat. 4165, provided that: ‘‘The provision rein-
stated under subsection (a) [this section] shall be treat-
ed as if such section 8507(b) [of Pub. L. 116–283, which
had repealed this section] had never taken effect.’’
§ 523. Relocation of bridges
If the owner of any bridge and the Secretary
shall agree that in order to remove an obstruc-
tion to navigation, or for any other purpose, a
relocation of such bridge or the construction of
a new bridge upon a new location would be pref-
erable to an alteration of the existing bridge,
such relocation or new construction may be car-
ried out at such new site and upon such terms as
may be acceptable to the bridge owner and the
Secretary, and the cost of such relocation or
new construction, including also any expense of
changes in and additions to rights-of-way, sta-
tions, tracks, spurs, sidings, switches, signals,
and other railroad facilities and property, and
relocation of shippers required for railroad con-
nection with the bridge at the new site, shall be
apportioned as between the bridge owner and
the United States in the man
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