Office of Bridge Programs

Laws & Regulations

USCG Transfer to DHS and Delegation

• Preserving Coast Guard Mission Performance
  6 U.S.C. 468

• Savings Provision
  6 U.S.C.  552

• Delegation to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
  Department of Homeland Security Delegation Number: 0170.1
  The Bridge Program is identified in #'s 62, 64-68

Federal Bridge Statutes Governing Bridges

• Bridge Act of August 18, 1894
  33 U.S.C. 499

• Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899
  33 U.S.C. 401, 403, 406, 502

• Bridge Act of 1906
  33 U.S.C. 491, 494, 495

• Bridge Act of June 21, 1940 (Truman-Hobbs Act)
  33 U.S.C. 511, 513, 514, 516, 517, 519, 521, 522, 523

• General Bridge Act of August 2, 1946
  33 U.S.C. 525 (except (c)), 528, 530, 533

• International Bridge Act of September 26, 1972
  33 U.S.C. 535(c), 535(e), 535(h)

Regulations Governing Bridges

• 33 CFR 114- General

• 33 CFR 115 - Bridge Location and Clearances, Administrative Procedures

• 33 CFR 116 - Alteration of Unreasonably Obstructive Bridges

• 33 CFR 117- Drawbridge Operation Regulations

• 33 CFR 118- Bridge Lighting and Other Signals

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