Document ID: USCG-2016-0802-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Rule
Title: Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle,
WA
Posted Date: 2016-08-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19930]

[[Page 56505]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 117

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0802]

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

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of deviation from drawbridge regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the 
operating schedule that governs the Montlake Bridge across the Lake 
Washington Ship Canal, mile 5.2, at Seattle, WA. The deviation is 
necessary to accommodate vehicular traffic attending football games at 
Husky Stadium at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. This 
deviation allows the bridge to remain in the closed-to-navigation 
position two and a half hours before and two and a half hours after 
each game. The game times for three of the seven games scheduled for 
Husky Stadium have not yet been determined due to NCAA television 
scheduling.

DATES: This deviation is effective from 8:30 a.m. on September 3, 2016 
to 11 p.m. on November 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this deviation, [USCG-2016-0802] 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: The Washington State Department of 
Transportation, on behalf of the University of Washington Police 
Department, has requested that the Montlake Bridge bascule span remain 
in the closed-to-navigation position, and need not open to vessel 
traffic to facilitate timely movement of pre-game and post game 
football traffic at Husky Stadium at the University of Washington, 
Seattle, WA. The Montlake Bridge crosses the Lake Washington Ship Canal 
at mile 5.2; and while in the closed-to-navigation position provides 30 
feet of vertical clearance throughout the navigation channel and 46 
feet of vertical clearance throughout the center 60-feet of the bridge. 
These vertical clearances are made in reference to the Mean Water Level 
of Lake Washington. The normal operating schedule for Montlake Bridge 
operates in accordance with 33 CFR 117.1051(e).
    The deviation period will cover the following dates: from 8:30 a.m. 
to 11 a.m., and from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on September 3, 2016; from 
11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on September 10, 
2016; from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on 
September 17, 2016; from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and from 8:30 p.m. to 11 
p.m. on September 30, 2016. The times for the closures on October 22, 
2016, November 12, 2016, and November 19, 2016 will be determined, and 
announced in the Coast Guard's Local Notice to Mariners and Broadcast 
Notice to Mariners as they become available. Due to NCAA television 
scheduling, the times for the games are not currently available. The 
bridge shall operate in accordance to 33 CFR 117.1051(e) at all other 
times. 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 
anytime. The bridge will be able to open for emergencies and there is 
no immediate alternate route for vessels to pass.
    In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), the drawbridges 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: August 15, 2016.
Steven M. Fischer,
Bridge Administrator, Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 2016-19930 Filed 8-19-16; 8:45 am]
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