Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§410www–6 Minimizing Adverse Impacts on Preservation District

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIX–UU — MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410www–6

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

FHWA must coordinate with Georgia DOT to ensure North I‑85/I‑75 work over Auburn and Edgewood Aves and Edgewood interchange in Atlanta minimizes harm to MLK Jr. Preservation District. Where feasible, Auburn overpass redesign must widen spacing and allow under‑bridge use for business or recreation. Federal agencies (including NPS) must submit building or land‑use plans in the district to Atlanta Urban Design Commission for review and comment.

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Title 16, §410www–6

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(a)In order to better integrate the east and west portions of the Martin Luther King, Junior, Preservation District, the Federal Highway Administration, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation, is hereby directed to insure that any design and reconstruction of the North Interstate 85 and Interstate 75 Expressway over Auburn and Edgewood Avenues in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and the interchange at Edgewood Avenue, shall minimize the adverse impacts on the preservation district.
(b)In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the Federal Highway Administration shall require that, where feasible, any major change required for the Auburn Avenue overpass results in a design which permits a wider distance between overpass support structures and the disposition of understructure development rights for appropriate business or recreation uses.
(c)Plans for the construction, exterior renovation, or demolition of any structure or change in land use within the preservation district by the National Park Service or any Federal agency must be submitted to the Atlanta Urban Design Commission in a timely fashion for its review and comment.

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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 460bbbb–6 of this title.

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16 U.S.C. § 410www–6

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102