---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 117.5"
title: "33"
number: "117.5"
heading: "When the drawbridge must open."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/117.5"
---

# §117.5. When the drawbridge must open.


Except as otherwise authorized or required by this part, drawbridges must open promptly and fully for the passage of vessels when a request or signal to open is given in accordance with this subpart.


## 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]