History Assessment of Project FR-064-1(38) & (39) Chatham County, Widening of SR 26/US 80 and Bridge at Turner Creek

This transportation project has been surveyed for historic resources in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and amendments thereto. The survey boundary and methodology were established as a result of past interaction with the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and her staff and were agreed upon by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the SHPO. The Department of Natural Resources' Chatham County survey for potential historic resources was consulted in preliminary identification of potentially eligible historic resources. Lists of current and pending National Register properties were checked and aerial photographs along the length of the project were consulted. A field survey for potentially eligible historic resources was also conducted along the project corridor. No historic resources on or eligible for the National Register were located within the proposed projects' area of potential environmental effect. This finding has been coordinated with the SHPO. The project consists of the proposed widening of S.R.6/U. S. 80 and the bridge over Turner Creek (See project location map). The project would begin at Bryanwood Road and would extend eastward to the Bull River bridge. The project would include the widening of the bridge over Turner Creek. Additional right- of-way would be required but the exact locations and amounts have not been determined. No DNR survey sites are located along the proposed corridor, and no existing or potentially eligible properties were identified during the field survey. Therefore, no existing or potential National Register properties are located within the project ' s area of potential environmental effect.