---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 166.500"
title: "33"
number: "166.500"
heading: "Areas along the Atlantic Coast."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/166.500"
---

# §166.500. Areas along the Atlantic Coast.

- (a) **Purpose.** Fairways, as described in this section are established to control the erection of structures therein to provide safe vessel routes along the Atlantic Coast.
- (b) **Designated Areas—**
  - (1) **Off New York Shipping Safety Fairway.**
    - (i) **Ambrose to Nantucket Safety Fairway.** The area enclosed by rhumb lines, [North American Datum of 1927 (NAD-27)] joining points at:
    - (ii) **Nantucket to Ambrose Safety Fairway.** The area enclosed by rhumb lines, NAD-27, joining point at:

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 84-004, 52 FR 33589, Sept. 4, 1987; 52 FR 36248, Sept. 28, 1987]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70001, 70003; 49 CFR 1.46.

### Amendments

[CGD 84-004, 52 FR 33589, Sept. 4, 1987; 52 FR 36248, Sept. 28, 1987]