steveintoronto
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Here's the proposal to permanently change the regs for the Ft Lauderdale bridge: (and from the articles Urban linked, and those I've further read, this appears to have been approved. I'm still looking for the official notice)
Note the reference to "Modifying the bridge operating schedule will allow the bridge owner to operate the bridge remotely with assistance from the onsite bridge tender." That will be a point of discussion if and when a draw or otherwise movable bridge is used over the Trent.
What is of interest as per the Trent crossing is whether it even has to be manned by Law, and by whom? It might well come up for discussion that the Lift Lock operator could/would assume that role. It might not even be the purview of the railway operator.
Edit to Add, Mon. May 16:
Here is a pdf of the technical drawings of the Ft Lauderdale bridge, dimensions, fabrication, theory of operation and how it was erected not interrupting the use of the previous bridge:
http://heavymovablestructures.org/assets/technical_papers/17.pdf
For those using Google Map with satellite view to study the bridge and the ritzy residential area, the New River is incorrectly labeled the 'Tarpon River', which actually flows south from the New River from west of the bridge.
Note the reference to "Modifying the bridge operating schedule will allow the bridge owner to operate the bridge remotely with assistance from the onsite bridge tender." That will be a point of discussion if and when a draw or otherwise movable bridge is used over the Trent.
https://www.federalregister.gov/art...ation-regulation-new-river-fort-lauderdale-flDrawbridge Operation Regulation; New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Proposed Rule by the Coast Guard on 11/03/2015
[...]Publication Date:
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Agencies:
Coast Guard
Department of Homeland Security
[...]Docket Name
Drawbridge Operation Regulation: New River, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Action
Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking.
Summary
The Coast Guard proposes to change the operating schedule that governs the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) Railroad Bridge across the New River, mile 2.5, at Fort Lauderdale, FL. This proposed rule implements requirements for the operator designed to ensure that adequate notice of bridge closure times are available to the waterway traffic. It also changes the on demand schedule to an operating regulation requiring the bridge to be open at least 60 minutes in every 2 hour period. Modifying the bridge operating schedule will allow the bridge owner to operate the bridge remotely with assistance from the onsite bridge tender.
[...continues at great length and detail...]
What is of interest as per the Trent crossing is whether it even has to be manned by Law, and by whom? It might well come up for discussion that the Lift Lock operator could/would assume that role. It might not even be the purview of the railway operator.
Edit to Add, Mon. May 16:
Here is a pdf of the technical drawings of the Ft Lauderdale bridge, dimensions, fabrication, theory of operation and how it was erected not interrupting the use of the previous bridge:
http://heavymovablestructures.org/assets/technical_papers/17.pdf
For those using Google Map with satellite view to study the bridge and the ritzy residential area, the New River is incorrectly labeled the 'Tarpon River', which actually flows south from the New River from west of the bridge.
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