---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 403h–11"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "403h–11"
heading: "Further additions for construction of scenic parkway"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/403h-11"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter XLVI — Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park"
---

# §403h–11. Further additions for construction of scenic parkway


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, donations of land and interests in land in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Tennessee for the construction of a scenic parkway to be located generally parallel to the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) and connecting with the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), in order to provide an appropriate view of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) from the Tennessee side. The right-of-way to be acquired for the parkway shall be of such width as to comprise an average of one hundred and twenty-five acres per mile for its entire length. The title to real property acquired pursuant to this section shall be satisfactory to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior. All property acquired pursuant to this section shall become a part of the Great Smoky Mountains National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) upon acceptance of title thereto by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and regulations applicable thereto.


## Source credit

(Feb. 22, 1944, ch. 28, 58 Stat. 19.)