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Natrona County Road 125 and US 20/US 26 near Casper: Byway traverses the prairies and southern Big Horn Mountains of central Wyoming, with access to the Red Wall, the Hole-in-the-Wall, and Hell's Half Acre. Also a Wyoming State Scenic Backway. [80] [81] I South Fork-Alsea River Back Country Byway: Oregon: 11 18 OR 34 and OR 501 in Alsea
A1A Scenic and Historic Coastal Byway: Travel 72 miles along a mostly two-lane road from the northern boundary of St. Johns County, through St. Augustine before ending at a seaside park in Flagler ...
Several agencies of the United States federal government are authorized to designate and manage scenic byways. The National Scenic Byway Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, was founded in 2003 to support efforts for development, management and marketing of scenic byways by the Federal Highway Administration and byway organizations.
For designation as a National Scenic Byway a road must have one of six intrinsic qualities. To be designated an All-American Road, a road must have at least two of the six qualities. [5] Scenic quality is the heightened visual experience derived from the view of natural and manmade elements of the visual environment of the scenic byway corridor ...
In addition to the state scenic highways system, several routes in Washington are designated as National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads. [23] Cascade Loop National Scenic Byway (2021) [24] Chinook Scenic Byway (1998), an All-American Road [25] Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway (2005) [26] International Selkirk Loop (2005), an All-American Road ...
Until the early 1980s, a single Canada-to-Gulf alignment of the Great River Road, serving all ten states, was eligible for special federal funding.The states posted "National Route" plates above the markers on this route and marked their own alternate routes across the river, creating two alignments between New Orleans and Hastings-Point Douglas. [6]
The entire route was paved by 1946. In 1954, SH 111 was changed, leaving SH 12's terminus without another state highway. [3] In 1970, SH 12 was extended to US 160, and the segment was paved a year later. The route was designated a Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway in 1989. [4]
In 2006, the US Dept. of Transportation awarded SR 179 its highest designation within the National Scenic Byways Program: the All-American Road designation, due to the red rock and sandstone formations through which it travels along its 7.5-mile (12.1 km) length within the hills of the Coconino National Forest. The All-American Road designation ...