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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.
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.
Salmon River Scenic Byway, Idaho A line of golden aspens festoons a hillside in the Sawtooth Mountains in Stanley, Idaho, above Redfish Lake. - Anna Gorin/Moment RF/Getty Images
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:
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
Scenic Byways. Federal Highway Administration – via Google Books. National Geographic Society (2013). National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways & Byways. Washington, DC: National Geographic. ISBN 978-1-4262-1014-3 – via Google Books. Reader's Digest Association (2000). Great American Journeys. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association.
S. San Juan Skyway Scenic and Historic Byway; Seward Highway; Sherman Pass Scenic Byway; Sierra Heritage Scenic Byway; Sierra Vista Scenic Byway; Silver Thread Scenic and Historic Byway