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A National Parkway is a designation for a protected area in the United States given to scenic roadways with a protected corridor of surrounding parkland. National Parkways often connect cultural or historic sites. [1] The U.S. National Park Service manages the parkways.
Gravelly Point is an area within the National Park Service's George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia. [1] It is located on the west side of the Potomac River, immediately north of Roaches Run and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. [1] Gravelly Point visitors watching an aircraft land in April 1973.
U.S. Route 385 (US 385) is a north-south U.S. highway that runs from Big Bend National Park in Texas to Deadwood, South Dakota. In Texas, the highway runs from Big Bend National Park to the Oklahoma state line, north of Dalhart. US 385 is part of the La Entrada al Pacifico trade corridor from Interstate 10 in Fort Stockton to Interstate 20 in ...
The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, [3] [4] is a 25-mile-long (40 km) limited-access parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, Virginia, northwest to McLean, Virginia, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS).
Near Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, this park protects the Harding Icefield and at least 38 glaciers and fjords stemming from it. The only area accessible to the public by road is the rapidly shrinking Exit Glacier. Boat and kayak tours offer views of tidewater glaciers, whales, sea lions, and marine birds. [75] Kings Canyon † California
South Dakota Highway 445 (SD 445), also known as Deadwood Avenue, is a 2.4-mile-long (3.9 km) north–south state highway in Rapid City, South Dakota. Lying in the northwestern corner of the city, it connects Interstate 90 (I-90) with the downtown area.
The former toll roads in Kentucky that bear the name "parkway" have been moved to a category outside this structure, as they were not constructed as scenic roads. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
United States Numbered Highways are the components of a national system of highways administered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), a nonprofit, nonpartisan association, [3] and the various state departments of transportation.