Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§494a Study of Bridges Over Navigable Waters
Title 33 › Chapter 11— BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 494a
Summary
Coast Guard Commandant must send the Senate Commerce and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committees a study of bridges and similar structures over navigable waters (25‑ft channel) that could hinder port navigation with Bridge Act permit requests 1/1/2006–8/3/2011.
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Title 33, §494a
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a comprehensive study on the construction or alteration of any bridge, drawbridge, or causeway over the navigable waters of the United States with a channel depth of 25 feet or greater that may impede or obstruct future navigation to or from port facilities and for which a permit under the Act of March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C. 491 et seq.), popularly known as the Bridge Act of 1906, was requested during the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on August 3, 2011.
Legislative History
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References in Text
Act of March 23, 1906 (33 U.S.C. 491 et seq.), popularly known as the Bridge Act of 1906, referred to in text, is act Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, 34 Stat. 84, which enacted sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title. For complete classification of this Act of the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 491 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2012—Pub. L. 112–213 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a comprehensive study on the proposed
Construction
or alteration of any bridge, drawbridge, or causeway over navigable waters with a channel depth of 25 feet or greater of the United States that may impede or obstruct future navigation to or from port facilities.”
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33 U.S.C. § 494a
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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