33 U.S.C. § 512
Obstruction of navigation
No bridge shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of any navigable waters of the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1958–2009 · leading case: Friends of the Everglades v. South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist., 570 F.3d 1210 (11th Cir. 2009).
Friends of the Everglades v. South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist., 570 F.3d 1210 (11th Cir. 2009). “”); 33 U.S.C. § 512 (“No bridge shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of any navigable waters of the United States.”
I&m Rail Link, LLC v. Northstar Navigation, Inc., 198 F.3d 1012 (7th Cir. 2000). “§ 512 , which provides that “[n]o bridge shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of any navigable waters of the United States”, applies to all bridges, not just those built without permits. The Coast Guard, which today administers both § 401 and § 512, see 49…”
Folkstone Mar., Ltd. v. CSX Corp., 64 F.3d 1037 (7th Cir. 1995). “” 33 U.S.C. § 512 ; see 33 U.S.C. § 491 ; 33 C.”
Pac. Inter-Club Yacht Ass'n v. Morris, 197 F. Supp. 218 (N.D. Cal. 1960). “” (Title 33 U.S.C.A. § 512 ). Section 525 itself requires the Chief of Engineers, and the Secretary of the Army, to examine proposed plans and locations, and approve or reject them, and in this regard they are authorized to impose any specific conditions which they may deem…”
Sierra Club v. Andrus, 610 F.2d 581 (9th Cir. 1979). “Recently, our Circuit recognized an implied private right of action for damages caused by the negligent operation and maintenance of a bridge over navigable waters, al *587 leged to constitute violations of both section 10 and a provision of the Bridge Act of 1906, 33 U.S.C. §…”
Steamtug Aladdin, Inc. v. City of Boston, 163 F. Supp. 499 (D. Mass. 1958). “33 U.S.C.A. § 512 imposes no duty upon the United States when it is in control of a bridge.”
Union Pac. R.R. v. Kirby Inland Marine, Inc., 296 F.3d 671 (8th Cir. 2002). “C. § 512 . The district court found that a violation of § 512 is sufficient to invoke the Pennsylvania rule and thus “the normal presumption of fault that attaches to the vessel under the Oregon rule is shifted back to the structure owner under the Pennsylvania rule.”
FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES v. South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist., 605 F.3d 962 (11th Cir. 2009). “"); 33 U.S.C. § 512 ("No bridge shall at any time unreasonably obstruct the free navigation of any navigable waters of the United States.”
Bd. of Commissioners v. Gypsum Transp., Ltd., 263 So. 2d 385 (La. Ct. App. 1972). “See 33 U.S.C. § 512 . There is no evidence in this case that this particular bridge unreasonably impeded navigation or rendered navigation of the canal unsafe.”
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