Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§403h–16 Reconveyance of rights-of-way and lands for control of landslides along Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway; conditions

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVI— - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK › § 403h–16

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary may return to Tennessee land and rights-of-way for the Gatlinburg Spur, including lands used for landslide control, if Tennessee agrees to manage and preserve the parkway. The Secretary may keep any land needed for two interchanges and for parkway management. The return cannot happen until the Gatlinburg bypass and two rock retaining walls are finished and Interstate Route 40 is open from Newport, Tennessee to U.S. Route 19 near Waynesville, North Carolina.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §403h–16

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The Secretary is further authorized to convey to the State of Tennessee, subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary to assure administration and maintenance thereof by the State and to preserve the existing parkway character of the conveyed lands, the rights-of-way heretofore conveyed to the United States for the purposes of the Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway together with any and all parcels of land heretofore conveyed by the State of Tennessee to the United States for the control and stabilization of landslides along said Gatlinburg Spur, except such lands as the Secretary determines may be necessary to provide for (1) the interchange between the road known as the Gatlinburg bypass and United States 441, (2) the interchange between United States Highway 441 and the Foothills Parkway in the vicinity of Caney Creek, and (3) the management and administration of the Foothills Parkway: Provided, That such reconveyance shall not be effected until construction of the Gatlinburg bypass and of two rock retaining walls to control erosion on the Gatlinburg Spur are completed, and Interstate Route 40 is open to public travel from Newport, Tennessee to United States Route 19 near Waynesville, North Carolina.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 403h–16

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73