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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 ...
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 northwestern segment of the highway is part of the Peak to Peak Scenic Byway and furnishes an access route to Estes Park, Colorado and Rocky Mountain National Park. In its southeast portion it skirts the northern end of the Denver Metropolitan Area , providing an access route connecting Boulder , Lafayette and Brighton with Interstate 25 (I ...
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.
Highway of Legends Scenic Byway [26] [27] [28] 82 miles (132 km) Silver Thread Scenic and Historic Byway [36] [37] [38] 117 miles (188 km) The following Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway is both a National Scenic Byway and a Back Country Byway: Gold Belt Tour Scenic and Historic Byway [36] [37] [38] 131 miles (211 km)
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.
Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway; Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway; River Road National Scenic Byway; Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway; Historic Route 66; U.S. Route 66 in Arizona; U.S. Route 66 in Illinois; U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico; Route 169 (Connecticut–Massachusetts) U.S. Route 66; Russell–Brasstown Scenic Byway