---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 650.803"
title: "23"
number: "650.803"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/650.803"
---

# §650.803. Policy.


It is the policy of FHWA:

- (a) To provide clearances which meet the reasonable needs of navigation and provide for cost-effective highway operations,
- (b) To provide fixed bridges wherever practicable, and
- (c) To consider appropriate pier protection and vehicular protective and warning systems on bridges subject to ship collisions.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 52 FR 28139, July 28, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 119, 144, and 315.