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33 U.S.C. § 494a — Study of bridges over navigable waters
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The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a comprehensive study on the construction or alteration of any bridge, drawbridge, or causeway over the navigable waters of the United States with a channel depth of 25 feet or greater that may impede or obstruct future navigation to or from port facilities and for which a permit under the Act of March 23, 1906 ([33 U.S.C. 491](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section491&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), popularly known as the Bridge Act of 1906, was requested during the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on August 3, 2011.
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The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a comprehensive study on the construction or alteration of any bridge, drawbridge, or causeway over the navigable waters of the United States with a channel depth of 25 feet or greater that may impede or obstruct future navigation to or from port facilities and for which a permit under the Act of March 23, 1906 ([33 U.S.C. 491](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section491&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), popularly known as the Bridge Act of 1906, was requested during the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on August 3, 2011.
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When, after March 23, 1906, authority is granted by Congress to any persons to construct and maintain a bridge across or over any of the navigable waters of the United States, such bridge shall not be built or commenced until the plans and specifications for its construction, together with such drawings of the proposed construction and such map of the proposed location as may be required for a full understanding of the subject, have been submitted to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating for the Secretary’s approval, nor until the Secretary shall have approved such plans and specifications and the location of such bridge and accessory works; and when the plans for any bridge to be constructed under the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, have been approved by the Secretary it shall not be lawful to deviate from such plans, either before or after completion of the structure, unless the modification of such plans has previously been submitted to and received the approval of the Secretary. This section 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.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 491
tankers carrying crude oil in bulk which in-
creases the possibility of vessel collisions and
oil spills; and
(3) it is necessary to restrict such tanker
traffic in Puget Sound in order to protect the
navigable waters thereof, the natural re-
sources therein, and the shore area imme-
diately adjacent thereto, from environmental
harm.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, on and after October 18, 1977, no officer, em-
ployee, or other official of the Federal Govern-
ment shall, or shall have authority to, issue,
renew, grant, or otherwise approve any permit,
license, or other authority for constructing, ren-
ovating, modifying, or otherwise altering a ter-
minal, dock, or other facility in, on, or imme-
diately adjacent to, or affecting the navigable
waters of Puget Sound, or any other navigable
waters in the State of Washington east of Port
Angeles, which will or may result in any in-
crease in the volume of crude oil capable of
being handled at any such facility (measured as
of October 18, 1977), other than oil to be refined
for consumption in the State of Washington.
(Pub. L. 95–136, § 5, Oct. 18, 1977, 91 Stat. 1168.)
CHAPTER 11—BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE
WATERS
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
491.
Approval of and deviation from plans; exemp-
tions.
492.
Bridge as post route; limitation as to charges
against Government; telegraph and tele-
phone lines.
493.
Use of railroad bridges by other railroad com-
panies.
494.
Obstruction of navigation; alterations and re-
movals; lights and signals; draws.
494a.
Study of bridges over navigable waters.
495.
Violations of orders respecting bridges and
accessory works.
496.
Time for commencement and completion of
bridge.
497.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 494a
bridge to so alter the same as to render naviga-
tion through or under it reasonably free, easy,
and unobstructed, stating in such notice the
changes required to be made, and prescribing in
each case a reasonable time in which to make
such changes, and if at the end of the time so
specified the changes so required have not been
made, the persons owning or controlling such
bridge shall be deemed guilty of a violation of
said sections; and all such alterations shall be
made and all such obstructions shall be removed
at the expense of the persons owning or oper-
ating said bridge. The persons owning or oper-
ating any such bridge shall maintain, at their
own expense, such lights and other signals
thereon as the Commandant of the Coast Guard
shall prescribe. If the bridge shall be con-
structed with a draw, then the draw shall be
opened promptly by the persons owning or oper-
ating such bridge upon reasonable signal for the
passage of boats and other water craft.
(Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, § 4, 34 Stat. 85; Mar. 4,
1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1946 Reorg. Plan No.
3, §§ 101–104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60
Stat. 1097; Pub. L. 97–449, § 2(d)(1), Jan. 12, 1983,
96 Stat. 2440; Pub. L. 100–17, title I, § 135(a), Apr.
2, 1987, 101 Stat. 173; Pub. L. 109–241, title IX,
§ 902(k), July 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 568; Pub. L.
111–281, title IX, § 903(a)(9), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat.
3010; Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 306(b)(2)(B), Feb.
8, 2016, 130 Stat. 55.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Act July 5, 1884, ch. 229, § 8, 23 Stat. 148, relating to
authority of Secretary of War to require owners of
bridges which obstruct navigation to relieve the situa-
tion or be penalized, was probably omi
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