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Although none of these alternatives were approved by the Federal Highway Administration, efforts continued to build the highway. In 1978, CPOP successfully nominated the park to the National Register of Historic Places, thus guaranteeing that without approval by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Federal funding could not be used for projects that damaged the park's historic integrity. In an editorial, the Memphis Commercial Appeal called listing on the National Register the "final nail in the coffin" of efforts to route Interstate 40 through Overton Park.