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A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for its archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and/or scenic qualities. The program was established by Congress in 1991 to preserve and protect the nation's scenic but often less-traveled roads and promote tourism and economic development.

The most scenic of the roads in the program are designated All-American Roads. The designation means they have features that do not exist elsewhere in the United States and are scenic enough to be tourist destinations unto themselves.

The program is administered by the Federal Highway Administration.

As of September, 2005, there are 99 Scenic Byways and 27 All-American Roads, located in 44 states (all except Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Texas).

All-American Roads (alphabetically)

Those marked with asterisks had their designations added, extended, or upgraded in 2005.

National Scenic Byways (by state)

Multistate

Alabama

Alaska Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Maine
Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York North Dakota Ohio Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia

See also

References

External link

National Scenic Byways | Protected areas of the United States | Lists of roads

National Scenic Byway | シーニックバイウェイ | 國家景觀大道

 

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