---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 117.797"
title: "33"
number: "117.797"
heading: "Lake Champlain."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/117.797"
---

# §117.797. Lake Champlain.

- (a) The drawspan for each drawbridge listed in this section must open as soon as possible for public vessels of the United States.
- (b) The draw of the US2 Bridge, mile 91.8, over Lake Champlain, between South Hero Island and North Hero Island, shall operate as follows:
  - (1) The draw shall open on signal on the hour and the half hour from May 15th through October 15th from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
  - (2) The draw shall open on signal from May 15th through October 15th from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. if at least four hours notice is given by calling the number posted at the bridge.
  - (3) The draw shall open on signal from October 16th through May 14th if at least four hours notice is given by calling the number posted at the bridge.
- (c) The draw of the Central Vermont Railway bridge across Missisquoi Bay, mile 105.6 shall open on signal:
  - (1) **From June 15 through September 15—**
    - (i) Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
    - (ii) Saturdays, Sundays, Independence Day and Labor Day from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.;
    - (iii) **At all other times, if at least two hours notice is given.**
  - (2) **From September 16 through June 14 if at least 24 hours notice is given.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, as amended by CGD3 83-059, 49 FR 49452, Dec. 20, 1984; CGD01-98-032, 64 FR 28103, May 25, 1999; USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70312, Dec. 4, 2006; USCG-2025-1113, 91 FR 3036, Jan. 26, 2026]

### 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 CGD3 83-059, 49 FR 49452, Dec. 20, 1984; CGD01-98-032, 64 FR 28103, May 25, 1999; USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70312, Dec. 4, 2006; USCG-2025-1113, 91 FR 3036, Jan. 26, 2026]