Final Environmental Impact Report - Whittier Bridge/I-95 ...

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bridge, kind of the extension of the islands in the
river like the adjacent Deer Island which runs up in
this area.
In terms of the permitting, there is the Army
Corp. Channel, the Federal Navigation Channel which
comes up, aligns with the Hines Bridge. We'll be
placing navigation lights on the -- either side of the
bridge structures. Naturally the Federal Channel ends
up in this area. In addition, it was built -- it was
created and mapped and marked later but it wasn't
there originally when the bridge was built in the
fifties but the local community created a channel to
the south for boaters who didn't want to have to deal
with the Hines Bridge who couldn't get under the Chain
Bridge. This became the preferred route for most the
boating activities, the Steamboat Channel. That'll
also now receive navigation lighting on that
structure. There isn't any right now but the new
structure will have navigation marking that channel
very clearly.
In the documents which are going forward with the
Coast Guard, we're showing a construction area for the
contractors to utilize between the channels as well as
on the western side as well as barge lay down storage
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