The legislature in the
U.S.
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state of
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
has designated a system of Utah Scenic Byways
in addition to the
National Scenic Byway
A National Scenic Byway is a road recognized by the United States Department of Transportation for one or more of six "intrinsic qualities": archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic. The program was established by Co ...
s that are defined within the state.
[
] Some of the state designated routes overlap with the federal designations. The Utah Department of Transportation has signed both the state and federal designations with a ''Scenic Byway'' plaque directly below the route number. The byway system is defined at Utah Administrative Code section R926-13.
The state has also designated some local, county and
Forest Service roads as ''Scenic Backways''.
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]
National Scenic Byways in Utah
State designated scenic byways
See also
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References
External links
Utah-- National Scenic Byways Program
by U.S. Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the President of the United States and ...
Utah Scenic Byways
by Utah Office of Tourism
Utah Scenic Byways
by Utah Travel Industry
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Scenic byways