---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 117.39"
title: "33"
number: "117.39"
heading: "Authorized closure of drawbridge due to infrequent requests for openings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/117.39"
---

# §117.39. Authorized closure of drawbridge due to infrequent requests for openings.

- (a) When there have been no requests for drawbridge openings for at least two years, a bridge owner may request in writing that the District Commander authorize the drawbridge to remain closed to navigation and to be untended.
- (b) **The District Commander may—**
  - (1) Authorize the closure of the drawbridge;
  - (2) **Set out any conditions in addition to the requirement in paragraph (d)—** and
  - (3) **Revoke an authorization and order the drawbridge returned to operation when necessary.**
- (c) All drawbridges authorized to remain closed to navigation, under this section, must be maintained in operable condition.
- (d) **Authorization under this section does not—**
  - (1) Authorize physical changes to the drawbridge structure, or
  - (2) **Authorize removal of the operating machinery.**
- (e) Drawbridges authorized under this section to remain closed to navigation and to be untended are identified in subpart B of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70308, Dec. 4, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05-1; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70308, Dec. 4, 2006]