Coast Guard Slaps Speed Limits on Hampton River for Bridge Work
Published Date: 7/7/2025
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Summary
The Coast Guard is setting up special rules on the Hampton River near Hampton Harbor to keep everyone safe during bridge construction. Boats will have to slow down and follow new traffic patterns, and sometimes they won’t be allowed near the bridge at all. These changes are temporary but important to protect people and vessels while work is happening.
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Temporary boat speed limits and exclusion zone
The Coast Guard set a temporary regulated navigation area and safety zone at the Hampton River inlet to Hampton Harbor, Hampton, NH, for bridge replacement work. Boats must follow a new speed restriction and traffic pattern, and when the safety zone is enforced all vessel traffic is prohibited from transiting through or operating within 50 yards of the bridge's center-span navigational channel.
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