Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460lll–14 Forest highways

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXIII— - LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES PROTECTION › Part Part A— - Establishment, Administration, and Jurisdiction › § 460lll–14

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Trace and every paved road inside the Recreation Area, including roads built to secondary standards, are treated as forest highways under federal highway rules. States must maintain those roads. The Department of Transportation must, using available highway construction and maintenance funds and to the fullest extent the law allows, repay the states for some or all of the maintenance costs.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460lll–14

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(a)For purposes of section 204 11 See References in Text note below. of title 23, the road known as “The Trace” and every other paved road within the Recreation Area (including any road constructed to secondary standards) shall be considered to be a forest highway.

(b)(1)The States shall be responsible for the maintenance of forest highways within the Recreation Area.

(2)To the maximum extent provided by law, from funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation and available for purposes of highway construction and maintenance, the Secretary of Transportation shall reimburse the States for all or a portion of the costs of maintenance of forest highways in the Recreation Area.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 204 of title 23, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed and a new section 204 enacted by Pub. L. 112–141, div. A, title I, § 1119(a), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 473, 489.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460lll–14

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73