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原文传递 Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study/Environmental Assessment.

题名：	Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study/Environmental Assessment.
关键词：	Interstate-highways; Historic-preservation; National-park-system; Studies-; *Qualifications-.;Landmarks-; National-significance; New-York; New-Jersey; Pennsylvania-; West-Virginia; Ohio-; Indiana-; Illinois-; Iowa-; Nebraska-; Colorado-; Wyoming-; Utah-; Nevada-; California-.
摘要：	In December of 2000, Congress directed the National Park Service (NPS) to evaluate the significance of the Lincoln Highway and develop alternatives for preserving, interpreting, and using its remaining features (Public Law 106-563, shown in this study as Appendix A). In response, the NPS Midwest Regional Office assembled an interdisciplinary team and began this Special Resource Study (SRS). Throughout the course of this project, the public was kept informed through mailings, newsletters, a website, and a series of public meetings across the country. This Special Resource Study assesses whether a resource should be added to the national park system. The process for making this determination involves four steps: Determining if the resource(s) is/are nationally significant; Assessing the suitability of the resource(s) for inclusion; Establishing that its inclusion would be feasible, and Determining if there is a need for NPS management. NPS Management Policies 2001 (Section 1.3.1) states that a resource will be considered nationally significant if, after study by NPS professionals in consultation with subject matter experts, scholars, and scientists, the resource meets the following criteria: It is an outstanding example of a particular type of resource, It possesses exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the natural or cultural themes of our nation s heritage (this criterion is evaluated by applying the national historic landmarks (NHL) process), It offers superlative opportunities for public enjoyment or for scientific study, and It retains a high degree of integrity as a true, accurate, and relatively unspoiled example of a resource. This study concluded that the Lincoln Highway s significance is reflected in three of these four criteria. It is an outstanding example of a particular type of resource; it possesses exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the natural or cultural themes of our nation s heritage; and it offers superlative opportunities for public enjoyment or for scientific study. However, because a variety of road and roadside resources contribute to the significance of the Lincoln Highway, it would be important for a wide cross section of those resources to be present throughout the corridor, nationally, at a density that would approximate the highway s appearance during its period of significance in order for the entire highway to retain integrity. Unfortunately, there are large stretches of this corridor that retain only one or two features to remind today s travelers of the history of the road. Along many stretches, there are no such features. As a whole, the Lincoln Highway does not retain a high degree of integrity as a true, accurate, and relatively unspoiled example of a resource. Because of this, the study team concluded that the highway does not meet all of the significance criteria for inclusion in the national park system. Therefore, neither analysis of the suitability and feasibility of managing the Lincoln Highway as a unit of the system nor an assessment of whether or not direct NPS management would be necessary is included in this study.
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