In compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and amendments thereto, project EDS-19(51), Sumter County has been surveyed with respect to archaeological resources, especially those on or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The purpose of the survey was to locate, identify and evaluate the significance of any archaeological resources within the proposed project's area of potential environmental effect.
Project EDS-19(51) would widen and reconstruct US 19/SR 3 from CR 42 to a point just north of US 280 near Americus, Georgia. The proposed project was subjected to an archaeological survey in 1997 by Southeastern Archeological Services, Incorporated. Since that time, the proposed project alignment has been changed to avoid an historic property that is situated on both sides of US 19/SR 3 just south of CR 144/Albany Annex Road. The design shift would be constructed on new location approximately 350 feet west of the existing US 19/SR 3 roadway. The shift would begin adjacent to CR 2/Old Dawson Road and then extend northerly to an end point approximately 0.19 mile south of the CSX Railroad. The existing right-of-way on US 19/SR 3 is approximately 60 feet, while the additional required right-of-way needed for the new location avoidance alternative is approximately 250 feet. An archaeological survey consistent with the proposed project description was conducted along the entire length of the project corridor.
An archaeological survey (Level II) was conducted in accordance with "GDOT/FHWA Cultural Resource Survey Guidelines" developed by the GDOT Staff Archaeologists in consultation with DNR Historic Preservation Section Staff and concurred in by the Federal Highway Administration and State Historic Preservation Officer. These guidelines provide general survey boundaries and methodological approaches to archaeological surveys based on the type/scope of proposed highway projects and are followed during the initial identification of archaeological resources.
No existing or eligible National Register archaeological resources were located within the project's area of potential environmental effect. It is concluded, therefore, that the project will have no effect upon archaeological resources on or eligible for inclusion in the NRHP provided that the project conforms to that described above.
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