Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 68 Part 1.djvu/995

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STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW

704-AUG.

30, 1954

963

SEC. 105. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are author- etl'^"'' routing, ized and directed to route and reroute and to cause the routing and rerouting of traffic on, and to close or cause to be closed, park roads, streets, and highways under the jurisdiction of the United States, and to negotiate for the closing of roads by agreement with Virginia t authorities, where necessary in connection with the preparation of plans for, and during the actual construction of, said bridge, approaches, and connecting roads. The Commissioners of the District ch^ge^s "in^ p'ar k of Columbia are further authorized to prepare plans for such changes roads, in park roads as they deem necessary to provide maximum efficiency in handling traffic to and from said bridge, and when such plans are approved by the Bureau of Public Roads, to construct roads in conformity with such approved plans. SEC. 106. (a) The National P a r k Service is authorized and directed plinui^materiaisf to remove or transplant to other locations any and all planting mate- «< • rials within the area to be used for the bridge, approaches, and connecting roads or for construction purposes, when requested by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to regrade the areas involved in the construction of the bridge, approaches, and connecting roads so as to conform with the plans to be approved by them and the Bureau of Public Roads. (b) Upon completion of said bridge, approaches, and connecting Landscaping, roads and the regrading of the areas, or prior thereto, when authorized by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and when such operation or operations will not interfere with the construction of said bridge, approaches, and connecting roads, the National Park Service is directed to landscape such areas in accordance with the plans of the National Park Service as may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Bureau of Public Roads, the cost of said landscaping to be paid out of funds made available for the purposes of this title. SEC. 107. The cost of construction, reconstruction, and repair of all changes."' '°^'^ roads which are changed or made necessary as an incident to the construction of said bridge, approaches, and connecting roads, when approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the Bureau of Public Roads, shall be paid out of funds made available for construction of said bridge, approaches, and connecting roads. SEC. 108. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this title is hereby expressly reserved. TITLE II—BRIDGE IN VICINITY OF JONES POINT SEC. 201. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (referred to hereinafter as the "Secretary") is authorized and directed to construct, maintain, and operate a six-lane bridge over the Potomac River, from a point at or near Jones Point, Virginia, across a certain portion of the District of Columbia, to a point in Maryland, together with bridge approaches on property owned by the United States in the State of Virginia. (b) The bridge shall be of deck girder structure with a swing span structure, having a one-hundred-and-fifty-foot horizontal clearance on each side of the pivot pier and a seventy-foot vertical clearance above mean low water, and shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 502 of the "General Bridge Act of 1946," approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat, 847), as amended, and subject to ^3 USC 525. the conditions and limitations in this title. (c) The Secretary shall request recommendations and suggestions mrada^f^nJ**^""^ of the National Capital Planning Commission relative to the design of such bridge and approaches.

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