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Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, Chesapeake, Virginia
The Coast Guard published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 1, 2025. It took effect on August 1, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Coast Guard is removing the existing drawbridge operation regulation for the Dominion Boulevard (US17) Bridge, mile 8.8 across the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, VA. The Dominion Boulevard (US17) Drawbridge has been removed in its entirety and replaced with a high-level fixed bridge as of October 20, 2016. The operating regulation for the bridge is no longer applicable or necessary and will be removed from the CFR.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-14593
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Homeland Security Department; Coast Guard
- Published
- August 1, 2025
- Takes effect
- August 1, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective August 1, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. USCG-2025-0182
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1625-AA09
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 33 CFR 117
- Topics
- Bridges
- Pages
- 3
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