Document ID: USCG-2017-0439-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operations: Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, WA
Posted Date: 2017-06-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 25727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11523]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2017-0439]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Lake Washington Ship Canal, 
Seattle, WA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Fremont Bridge, across the Lake 
Washington Ship Canal, mile 2.6, at Seattle, WA. The deviation is 
necessary to accommodate heavy pedestrian and cycling traffic across 
the bridge during the Northwest Tandem Rally event. This deviation 
allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation position and 
need not open to maritime traffic.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on July 
2, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2017-0439 is available 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Type the docket number in the ``SEARCH'' 
box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 
associated with this deviation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this 
temporary deviation, call or email Mr. Steven Fischer, Bridge 
Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District; telephone 206-220-7282, 
email d13-pf-d13bridges@uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) 
owns the Fremont Bridge, and has requested a temporary deviation from 
the operating schedule. The subject bridge crosses the Lake Washington 
Ship Canal at Seattle, WA, at mile 2.6. The deviation is necessary to 
accommodate heavy pedestrian and cycling traffic across the bridge 
during the Northwest Tandem Rally cycling event. To facilitate this 
event, the double bascule draw of the bridge need not open for vessel 
traffic from 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. on July 2, 2017. The Fremont Bridge 
provides a vertical clearance of 14 feet (31 feet of vertical clearance 
for the center 36 horizontal feet) in the close-to-navigation position. 
The clearance is referenced to the mean water elevation of Lake 
Washington. The normal operating schedule for the Fremont Bridge is at 
33 CFR 117.1051. Waterway usage on the Lake Washington Ship Canal 
ranges from commercial tug and barge to small pleasure craft.
    Vessels able to pass through the bridge in the closed-to-navigation 
position may do so at any time. The bridge will be able to open for 
emergencies, and there is no immediate alternate route for vessels to 
pass. The Coast Guard will also inform the users of the waterways 
through our Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners of the change in 
operating schedule for the bridge so that vessels can arrange their 
transits to minimize any impact caused by the temporary deviation.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to 
its regular operating schedule immediately at the end of the designated 
time period. This deviation from the operating regulations is 
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.

    Dated: May 23, 2017.
Steven M. Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2017-11523 Filed 6-2-17; 8:45 am]
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