First Coast Guard District Bridge Administration

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First Coast Guard DistrictBridge Administration
January 2008 Auxiliary Brief
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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 Guards
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.
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Bridge Administration Programs/Missions
Programs
Missions

• Intermodal Safety
• Mobility
• Protection of Natural Resources
• National Defense/Port Security
• Economic Growth and Trade

• Permits
• Drawbridge Regs
• Construction
• Oversight
• Enforcement
• Obstructive Bridges
• Jurisdiction
• Homeland Security

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BRIDGE BRANCH Organization
Bridge Program Manager Gary Kassof
Transp Asst Michelle Forde
New York office
212 668-7165
Deputy Joe Arca-Operations
Operations
Permits
Boston office 617 223-8364
Judy Yee
Sylvia Bowens
vacant
John Mcdonald
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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

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SECTOR/DPB INTERFACE

• Exchange of bridge related information
• Early and continued project coordination
• Port Security
• Marine Safety Issues
• navigation lighting discrepancies
• fender system damage
• drawbridge outages/delays
• allisions

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DPB/AUXILIARY INTERFACE

• Marine Safety Issues
• navigation lighting discrepancies
• fender system damage
• clearance gauge condition
• other bridge markings
• Navigational Information Exchange
• Administrative assistance

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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

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NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTING
INCORRECT RED LIGHT PLACEMENT
C/C GREEN LIGHT
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NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTING
ONLY GREEN LIGHT SHOULD BE BELOW LOW STEELOF
BRIDGE
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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

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BRIDGE FENDERS
MISSING WALES
PROTRUDING BOLTS
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BRIDGE FENDERS
STEEL JACKETING
PROTRUDING BOLTS TOP VIEW
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BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL THROUGH BRIDGE
CONSTRUCTION SITE

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DISCREPANCY PROCESS

• Receive discrepancy report
• BNM/LNM as required
• Contact with bridge owner
• - telephone
• - follow up letter

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Questions