Talk:National Scenic Byway

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Why is it that not all states have National Scenic Byways?

US-centric?

The US isn't the only country with national scenic byways, right? The article is clear about referring to U.S. only, but should this be moved to National Scenic Byway (U.S.) with this article focusing on non-country-specific properties of a national scenic route? There doesn't seem to be a general "scenic route" article. B.S. Lawrence (talk) 18:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

There is currently no other topic called "National Scenic Byway". Do other countries use the same specific term? --Polaron | Talk 18:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway

I can't tell if this is supposed to be included or not. The America's Byways site says it was designated in 2002, but the 2002 FHWA list does not include it. The America's Byways site from early 2003 does not list it, despite showing others added the previous year; when they reformatted their site later that year, it was added to the list. --NE2 09:34, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I emailed them and got the reply:

Route 1 - San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway was indeed designated in 2002. However, the byway did not want to announce the fact at that time, so with their approval, the FHWA left them out of the official news release.

Strange... --NE2 07:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion:

Group the list by states, for easier browsing. It's a nice list, but it suffers from disorganization. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.107.242.237 (talk) 23:35, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

National Scenic Byways designated by agencies other than the FHWA

I would like to suggest rewording of the opening paragraph of the National Scenic Byway wikipedia article to make it clear that there are agencies other than the Department of Transportation (FHWA) that designate National Scenic Byways under their own programs, namely the Forest Service, BLM, and Fish & Wildlife, and National Park Service. The article does reference "forest service byways" under the "Other" heading. The referenced "official website" does have a page "Other Byways" ("Many agencies promote their own sets of scenic roads and byways. Many of the byways in these other programs have sought and been granted further recognition as one of America's Byways.") My suggestion is either 1) let the wikipedia reader know that the program described in article is narrow, rather than broad (easier); or 2) broaden the scope of the article (harder). If the consensus is (1), I suggest adding a sentence at the end of the first paragraph: Other federal agencies have designated scenic byways under their own programs. [with a reference to the website above]. I became aware if the different agency designations for scenic byways from the wikipedia article on Sunrise Highway (S1) which links to this article, stating "North of I-8, it is the Sunrise Scenic Byway, a National Scenic Byway." The "National Scenic Byway" link, this article, doesn't list Sunrise Highway because it is a National Forest Scenic Byway. Dmbrg6192 (talk) 13:18, 21 September 2009 (UTC)Dave Bloom

References

I don't believe those other agencies designate National Scenic Byways, but other types of scenic byways. --NE2 14:03, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Eliminated by map-21

Article should note this program was elminiated by map-21:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/summaryinfo.cfm

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.138.106.68 (talk) 17:11, 28 September 2013‎ (UTC)

According to this PDF, MAP-21 eliminated grant funding and the resource center in Duluth. However, the Secretary of Transportation "is still legally required to have a byway program that recognizes byways". --NE2 20:36, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Non-scenic scenic byways

Are there roads which are recognized as scenic byways which are not scenic, meaning which are recognized for criteria other than scenic but not for being scenic? 2600:1010:B05F:3CB1:F81D:EE0A:86FB:8D63 (talk) 19:27, 9 April 2017 (UTC)