The popularity of bicycling in the United States continues to grow as people enjoy the freedom, exercise and pleasure of riding quiet rural roads and other safe places to ride. Most states have excellent and extensive networks of "backcountry" roads well suited to bicycling. Typically they are reasonably well-maintained roads with little traffic, g
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WSPRO, a water-surface profile computation model, can be used to analyze one-dimensional, gradually-varied, steady flow in open channels. WSPRO also can be used to analyze flow through bridges and culverts, embankment overflow, and multiple-opening stream crossings. This users manual provides guidance for using version VO60188 (or PO60188) of the W
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The 1990 Scenic Byways Study was a response to a Congressional initiative to identify program options for a national scenic byways program. As part of tat initiative, Congress asked that case studies be conducted to illustrate the existing policies and programs and the impact of three issues on existing future programs. The three issues were the en
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The objectives of the study were to : 1) identify and document the highway safety and operational consequences associated with travel on the Blue Ridge Parkway and 2) determine the design features and operational characteristics of scenic and recreational roads that are most likely to have the greatest impact on highway safety. During a recent four
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Heritage Task Force for the Hudson River Valley, Inc.
1990-09-01
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This report focuses on the development of the New York State Scenic Roads Program pursuant to Article 49 of the Environmental Conservation Law of New York State. The program is traced from its origins in the State Natural Beauty Commission in the 1960's through to its present implementation by the Department of Environmental Conservation. This repo
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The case study of Wisconsin's Rustic Road Program is a detailed description of one of the nation's most established state-maintained scenic byways program. Established in 1973, the Rustic Roads Program includes fifty-seven county, town, and municipal roads, varying in length from one to twenty-six miles and ranging in character from single-lane uni
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WSPRO, a water-surface profile computation model, can be used to analyze one-dimensional, gradually-varied, steady flow in open channels. WSPRO also can be used to analyze flow through bridges and culverts, embankment overflow, and multiple-opening stream crossings. This users manual provides guidance for using version VO60188 (or PO60188) of the W
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To a large extent southern West Virginia has existed for generations as a region apart from the urbanized and industrialized Eastern Seaboard. At first the isolation was physical and cultural, but with the American industrial revolution in the early post-Civil War years coal mining became the major industry and further set the region apart. Coal mi
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This study of the techniques used to protect scenic byways is part of the Federal Highway Administration's comprehensive feasibility study of a national system of scenic byways. Its focus is on the historical qualities of byways that complement or contribute to natural scenic qualities. Through case studies of four highways, the techniques that hav
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The three thousand mile Great River Road represents one of the nation's longest and perhaps most important national scenic by-ways in the country today. Stretching all the way from its origins in Manitoba and Ontario, the Great River Road stretches through ten states and two provinces down to the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana. With its nearly 50 yea
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The Blue Ridge was among the world's first parkways design exclusively for leisure travel. In that role, it has become a model for other parkways in the U.S. in many respects -- planning, design, natural resource conservation and land protection. In 1935 when construction began, no precedent existed for a 470-mile road that had recreation and prese
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The coast of Oregon, as one of the most traveled destination ares in the state, is experiencing steady growth in visitor traffic. This growth is resulting in expansion of travel-related business activity in coastal and urban areas, additional visitor-related attractions development, and corresponding growth in highway traffic volumes for both urban
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In the fall of 1987, widespread enthusiasm for expanding the network of scenic byways across American caused more than 30 organizations, including the American Recreation Coalition, to join together to sponsor the first national conference on scenic byways. The sponsors, compromised of national highway, tourism, recreation and conservation groups,
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Design of Riprap to Protect Bridge Piers from Local Scour; Development Length of Prestressing Strand; Summary of Lifeline Earthquake Engineering; Laboratory and Field Trials of the Prototype Magnetic Perturbation Cable System
The initiative to develop a scenic road system was inspired by a study which was completed in late 1985 by a local government group known as the Five County Association of Governments. This local initiative was to become the prototype of a statewide program that would involve the participation of several state and federal agencies and many local go
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This document reports on a 2 1/2-day workshop convened at U.S. DOT from May 30 to June 1, 1990. It is intended to summarize the discussion, and to present the general findings and overall recommendations of the workshop rather than exhaustively report on the detailed proceedings of the sessions. A list of workshop participants is contained in Appen
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In April 1964, the president's Council of Recreation and Natural Beauty issued a policy statement recommending a national program of scenic roads. In January 1965, North Carolina Scenic Roads and Parkways Study was completed by the Planning and Research Branch in three volumes. Interested public and private agencies were contacted to make nominatio
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This study identifies key relationships between local planning agencies and statewide and/or regional scenic byway programs, and provides informal guidance and information for local planning agencies in support of these programs. Representative scenic byway programs are reviewed as they affect local planning agencies, and relationships are identifi
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Scenic roads and byways are designated as such and valued because of their unique aesthetic, cultural, or historical significance. However, scenic byways also make important economic contributions to the states and local regions where they are located. The U.S. Travel Data Center employed two different methods to estimate the economic impact that t
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