Arkansas Scenic Byways
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The Arkansas Scenic Byways Program is a list of highways, mainly state highways, that have been designated by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
(AHTD) as scenic highways. The Arkansas General Assembly
designates routes for scenic byway status upon successful nomination. For a highway to be declared scenic, a group interested in preserving the scenic, cultural, recreational, and historic qualities of the route must be created. Mayors of all communities along the route and county judges from each affected county must be included in the organization. Scenic highways are marked with a circular shield in addition to regular route markers.
There are currently 11 scenic routes that have been designated Arkansas state scenic byways. Three of these byways are also Federal Byways.
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department is a government department in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its mission is to provide a safe, efficient, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sound intermodal transportation system for the user...
(AHTD) as scenic highways. The Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas General Assembly
The Arkansas General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house Arkansas Senate with 35 members, and the lower Arkansas House of Representatives with 100 members. All 135 representatives and state senators...
designates routes for scenic byway status upon successful nomination. For a highway to be declared scenic, a group interested in preserving the scenic, cultural, recreational, and historic qualities of the route must be created. Mayors of all communities along the route and county judges from each affected county must be included in the organization. Scenic highways are marked with a circular shield in addition to regular route markers.
There are currently 11 scenic routes that have been designated Arkansas state scenic byways. Three of these byways are also Federal Byways.
Federal byways
- Crowley's Ridge ParkwayCrowley's Ridge ParkwayCrowley's Ridge Parkway is a road that runs in Arkansas and Missouri along Crowley's Ridge and Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. The route was designated a state scenic byway in Arkansas in 1997 and a National Scenic Byway in 1998...
- Great River RoadGreat River RoadThe Great River Road is a collection of state, provincial, federal, and local roads which follow the course of the Mississippi River through ten states of the United States...
- Talimena Scenic DriveTalimena Scenic DriveThe Talimena Scenic Drive is a National Scenic Byway in southeastern Oklahoma and extreme western Arkansas spanning a stretch of Oklahoma State Highway 1 and Arkansas Highway 88 from Talihina, Oklahoma, to Mena, Arkansas....
State scenic byways
- Scenic Highway 7
- Boston Mountains Scenic LoopBoston Mountains Scenic LoopThe Boston Mountains Scenic Loop is one of ten Arkansas Scenic Byways. There are two different paths that constitute the loop, Interstate 540 and U.S. Route 71.-I-540:...
- Interstate 530 Scenic BywayInterstate 530Interstate 530 in Arkansas is a spur route of the Interstate highway system, traveling from Little Rock at the junction of Interstate 30 and Interstate 440 in the northwest, to Pine Bluff in the southeast.-Route description:...
- Mount Magazine Scenic BywayArkansas Highway 309Arkansas Highway 309 is a designation for two state highways in Western Arkansas. One route of runs from Yell County Route 28 at Blue Mountain Lake northeast to Highway 10 at Waveland. A second segment begins at Highway 10 in Havana and winds northwest through the Ozark National Forest to...
- Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
- Pig Trail Scenic BywayArkansas Highway 23Arkansas Highway 23 is a north–south state highway in north Arkansas. The route runs from US 71 near Elm Park north to the Missouri state line through Ozark and Eureka Springs. Between AR 16 at Brashears and Interstate 40 north of Ozark , Highway 23 winds through the Ozark National Forest and is...
- Sylamore Scenic BywaySylamore Scenic BywayThe Sylamore Scenic Byway is one of ten Arkansas Scenic Byways. The route runs through the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas for , almost all in Stone County. It passes through undeveloped forest land as a scenic route to Blanchard Springs Caverns....
- West–Northwest Scenic Byway