Section 111.2. Allegheny County  


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  • (a) Allegheny River. The following special regulations apply to the Allegheny River:

    (1) Boats are limited to slow, no wake speed from Miles 12.8 to Lock and Dam Number 2 at Mile 14.5 in the back channel of Twelve and Fourteen Mile Islands.

    (2) The area behind Nine Mile Island, Mile 10.0 to Mile 10.4 is a designated ski zone. Boats not actively engaged in towing water skiers are limited to slow, no wake speed.

    (b) Monongahela River. Waterskiing is prohibited from the Glassport Bridge (Mile 19.4) to the Union Railroad Bridge (Mile 21.1) at Clairton.

    (c) Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers (City of Pittsburgh). Boats are limited to slow, no-wake speed from the Fort Pitt Bridge over the Monongahela River and the 9th Street Bridge over the Allegheny River to the West End Bridge over the Ohio River. This zone shall be in effect on weekends from May 1 to October 1 from 3 p.m. Friday until midnight Sunday and from 3 p.m. on the day preceding Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor Day until midnight of the holiday.

    (d) Youghiogheny River. Boats are limited to slow, no wake speed from the mouth of the Youghiogheny River to the McKeesport Access Area, a distance of about 200 yards.

The provisions of this § 111.2 adopted June 1, 1990, effective June 2, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 2928; reserved June 22, 1990, effective June 23, 1990, 20 Pa.B. 3506; amended June 3, 1994, effective June 4, 1994, 24 Pa.B. 2795; amended November 15, 2002, effective May 1, 2003, 32 Pa.B. 5659; amended November 24, 2004, effective January 1, 2005, 34 Pa.B. 6332; amended March 28, 2008, effective March 29, 2008, 38 Pa.B. 1468. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (308638) and (316075).

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The provisions of this § 111.2 amended under the Fish and Boat Code, 30 Pa.C.S. § 5124.