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First Coast Guard District
Bridge Administration
January 2008
Auxiliary Brief
Program Description
Bridge Administration is a Coast Guard regulatory
program which seeks to protect the reasonable needs
of navigation while balancing the needs of competing
modes of transportation. This is accomplished
through the Coast Guard’s bridge permitting,
drawbridge regulation, navigational lighting, bridge
construction oversight and civil penalty authorities.
There are approximately 2,000 bridges over navigable
waters of the United States within the First District;
200 movable bridges.
Bridge Administration
Programs/Missions
Programs
•Permits
•Drawbridge Regs
•Construction
Oversight
•Enforcement
•Obstructive Bridges
•Jurisdiction
•Homeland Security
Missions
 Intermodal
Safety
 Mobility
 Protection
of Natural
Resources
 National Defense/Port
Security
 Economic Growth and
Trade
BRIDGE BRANCH
Organization
Bridge Program Manager
Gary Kassof
Transp Asst
Michelle Forde**
New York office
212 668-7165
Operations
Deputy
Joe Arca-Operations
Permits
Boston office
Sylvia Bowens
Judy Yee
vacant
617 223-8364
John Mcdonald
Navigational Lighting
Regulatory Authority
 33
Code of Federal Regulations Part 118
- Standard lighting for bridges-District Commander
has discretion to deviate from standards
(available on internet – www.uscg.mil - click on
USCG HQ, Bridge Admin division then bridge lighting
manual)
- Penalties
- Application procedures
- Light characteristics
- Alternate bridge markings
- Vertical clearance gauges
SECTOR/DPB INTERFACE
 Exchange
of bridge related information
 Early and continued project coordination
 Port Security
 Marine Safety Issues
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navigation lighting discrepancies
fender system damage
drawbridge outages/delays
allisions
DPB/AUXILIARY
INTERFACE
 Marine
Safety Issues
– navigation lighting discrepancies
– fender system damage
– clearance gauge condition
– other bridge markings
Navigational Information Exchange
Administrative assistance
LIGHTING DISCREPANCIES
 Lights
extinguished/ Dirty globe
 Color and arc of visibility
 Center of channel vs center of bridge location
 Green c/c lights providing range (fixed bridges)
 Red margin of channel lights no lower than low
steel
NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTING
INCORRECT RED LIGHT
PLACEMENT
C/C GREEN LIGHT
NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTING
ONLY GREEN LIGHT
SHOULD BE BELOW
LOW STEELOF BRIDGE
FENDER DISCREPANCIES
 Missing
or broken wales
 Fender protruding into channel
 Steel/metal exposed to channel
 Bolts not recessed
 Dolphin clusters “leaning”
 Broken
or dirty vertical clearance gauge
 Missing or inaccurate drawbridge operating rule sign
PHOTOS REQUESTED
BRIDGE FENDERS
MISSING WALES
PROTRUDING BOLTS
BRIDGE FENDERS
STEEL JACKETING
PROTRUDING BOLTS
TOP VIEW
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL THROUGH BRIDGE
CONSTRUCTION SITE
DISCREPANCY PROCESS
 Receive
discrepancy report
 BNM/LNM as required
 Contact with bridge owner
- telephone
- follow up letter
Questions