Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§441b Construction of Highway by State of South Dakota
Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXI— NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 441b
Summary
The park can only be created after South Dakota builds, with approval from the Secretary of the Interior, a road about thirty miles long starting at the town limits of Interior, going northwest over Big Foot Pass and through The Pinnacles, then west to Sage Creek.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §441b
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The establishment of said park is conditioned upon the State of South Dakota first constructing the following highway in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: A highway commencing at the corporation limits of the town of Interior, thence going in a northwesterly direction to and over Big Foot Pass, and through the region known as The Pinnacles; thence in a westerly direction to Sage Creek, being a total distance of about thirty miles.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Word “park” substituted in text for “monument” pursuant to Pub. L. 95–625, § 611, which is classified to section 441e–1 of this title and which redesignated Badlands National Monument as Badlands National Park.
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Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 441b
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60