Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§59x Exemption from General Bridge Act of 1946
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59x
Summary
Declares a drainage canal in Camden, NJ, nonnavigable under General Bridge Act (1946): an unnamed tributary of Newton Creek at block 641 (formerly 860), beginning at Newton Creek’s north bank about 1,200 feet east of the meeting with the Delaware River and ending at culverts west of I‑676.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §59x
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)The waters described in subsection (b) are declared to be nonnavigable waters of the United States for purposes of the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525 et seq.).
(b)The waters referred to in subsection (a) are a drainage canal which—
(1)is an unnamed tributary of the creek known as Newton Creek, located at block 641 (formerly designated as block 860) in the city of Camden, New Jersey;
(2)originates at the north bank of Newton Creek approximately 1,200 feet east of the confluence of Newton Creek and the Delaware River; and
(3)terminates at drainage culverts on the west side of Interstate Highway 676.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The General Bridge Act of 1946, referred to in subsec. (a), is title V of act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, 60 Stat. 847, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 525 et seq.) of chapter 11 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 525 of this title and Tables. Codification Pub. L. 100–448 and Pub. L. 100–457 enacted identical sections.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 59x
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73