Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 12, 2026

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Feb 03, 2026
§ 117.968 - Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

The drawspan for the Port Isabel Drawbridge, mile 666.0, must open on signal; except that, from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays only, excluding federal, state, and local holidays, the drawspan need open only on the hour for pleasure craft. The drawspan must open on signal at anytime for commercial vessels. When the drawspan is open for a commercial vessel, waiting pleasure craft must be passed.

[USCG-2001-10881, 71 FR 70312, Dec. 4, 2006]
authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; 33 CFR 1.05-1; and DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4
source: CGD 82-025, 49 FR 17452, Apr. 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 117.968