NAVNOTICE# 2000 - FLORENCE HWY D/B SAFETY ADVISORY, MM 56.0, ILR

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 12/7/09
Subject: FLORENCE HWY D/B SAFETY ADVISORY, MM 56.0, ILR
NAVNOTICE # 2000

SUBJ: WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0508-09 UM
SAFETY AND SCHED BCSTS UNTIL CANCELLED
CANCEL WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0495-09 UM
USCG NOTICE TO MARINERS EIGHTH DISTRICT NR 0508-09 UM
ILLINOIS RIVER
COTP USCG SECTOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISSUES THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
ADVISORY: ALL MARINERS, ESPECIALLY DOWNBOUND TOWS, ARE REQUESTED TO
USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRANSITING THROUGH THE FLORENCE HIGHWAY
DRAWBRIDGE AT MM 56.0 ILR DUE TO A SUBMERGED PROTECTION CELL IN LINE
WITH AND ABOVE THE RIGHT DECENDING BRIDGE PIER. BASED UPON A RECENT
SURVEY, A DEPTH OF 6.0 FT EXISTS ABOVE THE CELL WITH THE MEREDOSIA
GAGE AT MM 70.8 READING 432.4 FT ON 07 DEC 09.