If you are a lone canal boater, how do you open the canal swing bridges?

Question

If you are a lone canal boater, how do you open the canal swing bridges?

Answer 1

You should always have marine radios monitoring channels 13 and 16. The bridges will often have a designated channel to call on. It should be posted somewhere near the bridge. Also some have a chain you can pull. If nothing else wait somewhere you are out of harms way and can be seen until a worker comes over to help.