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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§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 Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal Highway Administration must work with the Georgia Department of Transportation to make sure rebuilding the I‑85/I‑75 expressway over Auburn and Edgewood Avenues and the Edgewood interchange limits harm to the Martin Luther King, Junior, Preservation District. Where feasible, Auburn overpass changes should widen supports and allow under‑bridge business or recreation. The National Park Service and other federal agencies must send any building or land‑use plans in the district to the Atlanta Urban Design Commission for timely 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

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60