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Portions of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers will be closed to boat traffic leading up to and during the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n

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The Coast Guard announced that three safety and security zones were being established on stretches of both rivers:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Zone 1, encompassing the Potomac between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and 200 yards south of the 14th Street Bridge complex.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Zone 2, encompassing the Anacostia from the 11th Street Bridge to 200 yards south of the Frederick Douglass Bridge.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Zone 3, encompassing the waters within 100 yards of barges transporting fireworks for the Salute to America 250 fireworks celebration.<\/p>\n

Between 8 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Sunday, Zone 1 is closed to all recreational boaters except those who are entering or exiting the Pentagon Lagoon. Boaters are asked to stay on the Virginia side of the Potomac.<\/p>\n

In addition, Zone 1 will be closed to all vessels from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday during airshows and from noon to 11:59 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

Vessels will be able to enter the Pentagon Lagoon during those times except during the fireworks show.<\/p>\n

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Zone 2 will be closed to all vessels from 6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Zone 3 restrictions will remain in place until 10 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

River cruise operators and others that normally take people out on the water to see the Independence Day fireworks are adapting to the restrictions.<\/p>\n

Adventures Unbound, a cruise operator and boat rental company, told Washingtonian magazine that it is holding a viewing party at the Thompson boathouse.<\/p>\n

The expected late-night start time for the fireworks has hampered some operations.<\/p>\n

Chad Barth, vice president of mid-Atlantic operations for City Cruises, told WUSA-TV that \u201cour normal cruise time would\u2019ve been coming back to the dock at 10:30, which it has been every single year in the 20 years I\u2019ve been here. Fireworks go off at 9, you get back to the dock at 10:30. Now we\u2019re having to shift those times back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sea Suite Cruises co-founder Jack Maher told WTOP-FM, \u201cI\u2019ve personally never really heard of a Fourth of July fireworks show that starts at 11 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n

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