The influence of federal importance motorway emissions on content of heavy metals in soils and new soil formation – iron-manganese nodules have been studied. Data on the relative distribution of the total and acid-soluble (potentially available) compounds of heavy metals in soils and nodules are obtained. The concentrations of heavy metals in soils and nodules are greater than the natural geochemical background. The nodules are active accumulators of Mn, Co, Pb, Cr, Cu, Cd.The process of heavy metals uptake by the nodules is most contrasting in the upper part of the soil profile. High content and intensity of the proceeds of heavy metals provokes an increase accumulation of elements in the nodules. It is shown that iron-manganese nodules play the role of specific depositors in the soil system, affect the redistribution of heavy metals in the soil cover.