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Byway follows original Central Pacific railway grade west of Promontory Summit, the site of the completion of the First transcontinental railroad at Golden Spike National Historic Site. Also a Utah Scenic Byway. [15] [91] [92] I Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway: New Mexico: 13 21 La Junta Point in Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
The highway continues west-north-west through Coal Creek Canyon and aptly named Wondervu, across the Union Pacific Railroad tracks at Pinecliffe, eventually joining the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway northbound. For three miles along the Byway it coincides with SH 119. The two routes diverge at Nederland.
The Peak to Peak Scenic Byway is a 55-mile (89 km) National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Gilpin, Boulder, Larimer counties, Colorado, USA. The Peak to Peak Highway was originally built in 1918 [3] and provides views of the Front Range mountains in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It was Colorado's first ...
The Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways Program was established in March 1989, and is one of the oldest state scenic byway programs. Since 1989, the program has designated 26 Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways with 2,585 miles (4,160 km) of roadway, 4,459 miles (7,176 km) including scenic byway extensions in adjacent states.
Near the community of Raymond it intersects State Highway 72, which takes the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway designation with it to the south, while SH 7 turns to the east and follows South St. Vrain Creek downstream onto the piedmont at Lyons, where it intersects US 36. South of Lyons it is concurrent with US 36 along the base of the foothills to ...
The following Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway is both an All-American Road and a National Forest Scenic Byway: San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] 236 miles (380 km) The following three Colorado Scenic and Historic Byways are both National Scenic Byways and National Forest Scenic Byways:
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.
The Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway is a 57-mile (92 km) Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Chaffee and Lake counties, Colorado, US. The Byway follows the upper Arkansas River past the Collegiate Peaks , featuring eight of the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains .