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Buzzards Bay Entrance Light is a lighthouse located in open water at the entrance to Buzzards Bay, about four nautical miles west southwest of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts.[1][2][3]

Buzzards Bay Entrance Light

1961 Texas Tower
Location	Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°23′49.12″N 71°2′4.87″W
Tower
Constructed	1847 (lightships) 1961 (Texas Tower) 1997 (current structure)
Foundation	Steel piles filled with concrete
Construction	Steel
Automated	1980
Shape	Tower, on red square on 3 piles with large tube in center
Markings	Red, with "BUZZARDS"
Fog signal	HORN: 2 every 30s
Racon	"B" (Bravo)
Light
First lit	1997
Focal height	67 feet (20 m)
Range	17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 2.5s

The light has a racon showing the letter "B".[2] The new light tower is similar to the new Ambrose Light which was built in 1999 but dismantled in 2008 after a ship struck it.

In 1996 the present structure replaced a Texas Tower built in 1961, which in turn had replaced the lightships Hens & Chickens (LV-5) and Vineyard Sound (LV-10). Since it sits in water 50 ft (15m) deep, a conventional lighthouse would have been difficult, forcing the choice of structure.[1]

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