---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 117.55"
title: "33"
number: "117.55"
heading: "Posting of requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/117.55"
---

# §117.55. Posting of requirements.

- (a) The owner of each drawbridge under this subpart, other than removable span bridges, must ensure that a sign summarizing the requirements in this subpart applicable to the drawbridge is posted both upstream and downstream of the drawbridge. The requirements to be posted need not include those in [subpart A](/cfr/33/subpartA.md) of this part or §§ [117.51](/cfr/33/117.51.md) and [117.59](/cfr/33/117.59.md).
- (b) The signs shall be of sufficient size and so located as to be easily read at any time from an approaching vessel.
- (c) If advance notice is required to open the draw, the signs shall also state the name, address, and telephone number of the person to be notified.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, as amended by USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70309, Dec. 4, 2006; USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35081, July 28, 2017]

### 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

[CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, as amended by USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70309, Dec. 4, 2006; USCG-2016-0498, 82 FR 35081, July 28, 2017]