On Wed, 30 May 2007 22:36:55 -0400, animal05
wrote:

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/t...?storyid=82887

Immediately post 9-11, Homeland Security, in it's infinite wisdom,
decided that there was going to be 500 foot "exclusion" zone for all
bridges in the United States - no exceptions.

Then somebody pointed out to HS that passing under a bridge, oh say in
Newport, RI for example - or any of the rail bridges along the
shoreline in CT, automatically put a boat within the exclusion zone
and that ferry, commercial and recreational traffic would be literally
stopped dead, they changed it to within 150 feet of any support
piling.

Then somebody pointed out that the pylons of the Newport Bridge, not
to mention other bridges are close enough to disallow passage, they
settled on "lingering" under bridges.

Bureaucrats.