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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§404c–12 Entrance Roads

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER XLVII — MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 404c–12

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior may accept gifts or use donated money to buy or condemn land and buildings to make a proper entrance road to Mammoth Cave National Park. The land taken can be up to one mile wide from the park to a spot the Secretary picks on U.S. Highway 31–W, and up to one-half mile on each side of U.S. Highway 31–W for no more than two miles along that road. Land bought to protect the entrance roads must be at least 500 feet wide on each side of the roads. Only one entrance road between U.S. Highway 31–W and the park may be created under this law.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §404c–12

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For the purpose of developing a proper and suitable entrance road to the Mammoth Cave National Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States donations of lands, buildings, structures, and other property or interests therein, or to acquire such property with donated funds by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, within an area or areas to be determined by him, but (a) not to exceed one mile in width, extending from the exterior boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park to a point to be selected by him on United States Highway Numbered 31–W, and (b) not to exceed one-half mile in width on either side of United States Highway Numbered 31–W and running for a distance of not to exceed two miles along said highway. Lands acquired for purposes of protecting such entrance roads shall not be less than five hundred feet in width on either side of said roads: Provided, That only one such entrance road shall be established between United States Highway Numbered 31–W and Mammoth Cave National Park pursuant to this Act.

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This Act, referred to in text, is act June 5, 1942, which is classified to sections 404c–1 to 404c–12 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 404c–12

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102