23 USC 162 – National scenic byways program
(a)
(1)
(A) National Scenic Byways;
(B) All-American Roads; or
(C) America’s Byways.
(2)
(3)
(A)
(B)
(i) jurisdiction over the road; or
(ii) responsibility for managing the road.
(C)
(4)
(A) are within the jurisdictional boundary of the State, Federal land management agency, or Indian tribe; or
(B) directly connect to roads for which the State, Federal land management agency, or Indian tribe is responsible.
Terms Used In 23 USC 162
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
(b)
(1)
(A) implement projects on highways designated as—
(i) National Scenic Byways;
(ii) All-American Roads;
(iii) America’s Byways;
(iv) State scenic byways; or
(v) Indian tribe scenic byways; and
(B) plan, design, and develop a State or Indian tribe scenic byway program.
(2)
(A) each eligible project that is associated with a highway that has been designated as a National Scenic Byway, All-American Road, or 1 of America’s Byways and that is consistent with the corridor management plan for the byway;
(B) each eligible project along a State or Indian tribe scenic byway that is consistent with the corridor management plan for the byway, or is intended to foster the development of such a plan, and is carried out to make the byway eligible for designation as—
(i) a National Scenic Byway;
(ii) an All-American Road; or
(iii) 1 of America’s Byways; and
(C) each eligible project that is associated with the development of a State or Indian tribe scenic byway program.
(c)
(1) An activity related to the planning, design, or development of a State or Indian tribe scenic byway program.
(2) Development and implementation of a corridor management plan to maintain the scenic, historical, recreational, cultural, natural, and archaeological characteristics of a byway corridor while providing for accommodation of increased tourism and development of related amenities.
(3) Safety improvements to a State scenic byway, Indian tribe scenic byway, National Scenic Byway, All-American Road, or one of America’s Byways to the extent that the improvements are necessary to accommodate increased traffic and changes in the types of vehicles using the highway as a result of the designation as a State scenic byway, Indian tribe scenic byway, National Scenic Byway, All-American Road, or one of America’s Byways.
(4) Construction along a scenic byway of a facility for pedestrians and bicyclists, rest area, turnout, highway shoulder improvement, overlook, or interpretive facility.
(5) An improvement to a scenic byway that will enhance access to an area for the purpose of recreation, including water-related recreation.
(6) Protection of scenic, historical, recreational, cultural, natural, and archaeological resources in an area adjacent to a scenic byway.
(7) Development and provision of tourist information to the public, including interpretive information about a scenic byway.
(8) Development and implementation of a scenic byway marketing program.
(d)
(e)
(f)