Federal Register: April 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 68)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-8638
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
CFR Citation: 33 CFR Part 117
CGD ID: [CGD08-01-008]
NOTICE: RULES
ACTION: Drawbridge operations:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation from regulations.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Drawbridge Operating Regulation; Lake Pontchartrain, LA
DATES: This deviation is effective from 1 a.m. on Monday, May 1, 2001 through 6 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2001.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the north bascule span of the US 11 bridge across Lake Pontchartrain between New Orleans and Slidell, Orleans and St. Tammany Parishes, Louisiana. This deviation allows one leaf of the north bascule span of the US 11 bridge to be maintained in the closedtonavigation position continuously from 1 a.m. on Monday, May 1, 2001 until 6 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2001. This temporary deviation was issued to allow for the replacement of the south leaf trunnions of the north channel bascule span and the cleaning and painting of both leaves of the bascule span. Presently, the draw opens on signal for the passage of vessels.
SUMMARY:
Louisiana,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The US 11 bascule bridge across Lake Pontchartrain, between New Orleans and Slidell, has a vertical clearance of 13 feet above mean high water in the closedtonavigation position and unlimited in the opentonavigation position. Navigation on the waterway consists of tugs with tows, fishing vessels, sailing vessels, and other recreational craft. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development requested a temporary deviation from the normal operation of the drawbridge in order to accommodate the repair and maintenance work including the cleaning and painting of both leaves of the north channel bascule. A similar span restriction occurred in 2000 for the replacement of the north leaf trunnions of the north channel bascule span. During that closure, traffic was able to pass with little inconvenience.
This deviation allows one of the leaves of the north channel bascule span of the US 11 bridge across Lake Pontchartrain, between New Orleans and Slidell, Orleans and St. Tammany Parishes, Louisiana, to be maintained in the closedtonavigation position continuously from 1 a.m. on Monday, May 1, 2001 until 6 p.m. on Friday, June 29, 2001.
Dated: March 27, 2001.
J.C. Van Sice,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 8th Coast Guard District, Acting.
[FR Doc. 018638 Filed 4601; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 491015P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
David Frank, Bridge Administration Branch, telephone (504) 5892965.