Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§459i–2 Cumberland Island Parkway; right-of-way; administration; regulations

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXIII— - NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459i–2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary may designate up to one thousand acres as the Cumberland Island Parkway right-of-way and nearby sites to connect Interstate 95 to seashore visitor and administrative facilities. Lands for this purpose may be accepted only by donation. The parkway and related recreation and historic areas may be built and will be managed as part of the seashore under its laws and rules the Secretary creates.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §459i–2

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For the purpose of providing access from Interstate 95 to the mainland administrative and visitor facilities of the seashore, the Secretary may designate as the Cumberland Island Parkway a right-of-way, together with adjacent or related sites for public noncommercial recreational use and for interpretation of scenic and historic values, of not more than one thousand acres of lands, waters, and interests therein. The Secretary is authorized to acquire only by donation those lands and interests therein, and other property comprising such right-of-way, and adjacent or related sites as he may designate pursuant to sections 459i to 459i–9 of this title for the development, hereby authorized, of a roadway of parkway standards, including necessary bridges, spurs, connecting roads, access roads, and other facilities, and for the development and interpretation of recreation areas and historic sites in connection therewith. Lands acquired for the parkway shall be administered as a part of the seashore, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto, and subject to such special regulations as the Secretary may promulgate for the parkway.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 459i–2

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73