Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§59u Lawyer’s Ditch, Essex County, New Jersey
Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59u
Summary
Lawyer’s Ditch, block 5,000, Newark, Essex County, NJ, is not navigable under 33 U.S.C. 525.
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Title 33, §59u
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The body of water known as Lawyer’s Ditch located at block 5,000 in the city of Newark, county of Essex, New Jersey, is declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525 et seq.).
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The General Bridge Act of 1946, referred to in text, 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
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note set out under section 525 of this title and Tables.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 59u
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102