[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR118.110]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 118_BRIDGE LIGHTING AND OTHER SIGNALS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 118.110  Daymarks and lateral lighting on bridges.



    (a) The District Commander may require or authorize the marking of 

the margins of navigation channels through bridges with U.S. aids to 

navigation system lateral marks and lights installed on the 

superstructure or on the channel piers. The District Commander may also 

require or authorize the use of quick flashing, flashing, isophase or 

occulting red and green lights to mark the main channels.

    (b) If lateral system lights are required or authorized to mark the 

main navigation channels, fixed yellow lights shall be used to mark the 

adjacent piers and the centerline of the channel shall be marked with 

the standard lateral system safe water mark and occulting white light, 

instead of the lights prescribed in Sec. 118.65.

    (c) The District Commander may require or authorize the marking of 

the centerline of the navigation channel drawspan of floating 

drawbridges with a special mark, diamond in shape, yellow in color, and 

with a high intensity retroreflective material border. The District 

Commander may require or



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authorize the mark to exhibit a flashing yellow light Morse Code ``B'' 

characteristic. The mark may not be visible when the drawspan is in the 

open position.



[CGD 84-022, 51 FR 16313, May 2, 1986]