Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§58 Acushnet River section of New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbor, Massachusetts
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 58
Summary
The part of the Acushnet River in New Bedford, Fairhaven, and Acushnet north of the Coggeshall Street Bridge (north 41 degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds) is declared nonnavigable under U.S. law. Authorized congressional projects for that area are abandoned, and the right to change or repeal this is reserved.
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Title 33, §58
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The portion of the waterway in the city of New Bedford and the towns of Fairhaven and Acushnet lying north of the Coggeshall Street Bridge (north 41 degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds), is declared to be a nonnavigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States. Any project heretofore authorized by any Act of Congress, insofar as such project relates to the above-described portions of the Acushnet River section of New Bedford and Fairhaven Harbor, is hereby abandoned. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is expressly reserved.
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33 U.S.C. § 58
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73