23 CFR § 620.101 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t23/s620.101"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "23 CFR § 620.101 - Purpose."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "620.101"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS"
part_number: "620"
part_name: "ENGINEERING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "23 U.S.C. 315 and 318; 49 CFR 1.48, 23 CFR 1.32."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 33311, Sept. 17, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "620"
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# 620.101 Purpose.

The purpose of this section is to implement title 23 U.S.C., section 318 which requires coordination of airport and highway developments to insure (a) that airway-highway clearances are adequate for the safe movement of air and highway traffic, and (b) that the expenditure of public funds for airport and highway improvements is in the public interest.