Document ID: USCG-2018-0228-0002
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Delaware River, Burlington, NJ and Bristol, PA
Posted Date: 2018-08-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16845]

[[Page 39361]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2018-0228]

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Delaware River, Burlington, NJ 
and Bristol, PA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation; cancellation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is canceling the temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the SR 413/Burlington-Bristol bridge, 
which carries SR 413 across the Delaware River, mile 117.8, between 
Burlington, NJ and Bristol, PA. The cancellation of the deviation is 
necessary to remove operational restrictions placed on the bridge not 
utilized to facilitate bridge maintenance.

DATES: The temporary deviation published on April 26, 2018, 83 FR 18226 
is cancelled as of August 9, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, USCG-2018-0228 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. Michael Thorogood, Bridge 
Administration Branch Fifth District, Coast Guard, telephone 757-398-
6557, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 26, 2018, we published a temporary 
deviation entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Delaware River, 
Burlington, NJ and Bristol, PA'' in the Federal Register (83 FR 18226). 
This temporary deviation was to facilitate bridge maintenance and 
painting of the vertical lift span of the drawbridge from May 1, 2018, 
through September 30, 2018. During the planned maintenance period, a 
work platform would have reduced one half of the bridge span vertical 
clearance to approximately 58 feet above mean high water in the closed 
position and approximately 132 feet above mean high water in the open 
position.
    The temporary deviation is being cancelled due to delays in 
performing bridge maintenance outside the navigation span, thereby 
eliminating the need for a temporary deviation to facilitate bridge 
maintenance in the navigation span. Due to the cancellation of the 
work, this platform will not be installed and the bridge will operate 
under its regular operating schedule in 33 CFR 117.716. In accordance 
with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridge must return to its regular 
operating schedule immediately at the end of the cancellation date of 
the deviation.

    Dated: August 2, 2018.
Hal R. Pitts,
Bridge Program Manager, Fifth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2018-16845 Filed 8-8-18; 8:45 am]
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