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Title: Scenic Byways, Wisconsin 2015

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Dates

  • Coverage: 2015

Summary

This layer represents scenic byways in Wisconsin in 2015. The Scenic Byways program is a cooperative effort between local communities and WisDOT to identify and promote state highway corridors with scenic and/or historical attributes that provide travelers an enjoyable visual, educational and recreational experience.The Scenic Byways program is similar but separate from WisDOT’s Rustic Roads program. Typically, Rustic Roads are lightly-traveled town or county roads that offer bikers, hikers and other travelers a leisurely opportunity to see native terrain and wildlife in a rural setting.In contrast, a scenic byway is a numbered state highway system route (other than interstate highways), at least 30 miles long, that offers travelers numerous scenic and/or historical attributes whose promotion can serve to boost a region’s attractiveness as a tourist destination.

Subjects

  • Society
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-93, -86.5, 47.5, 42.5)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-93, -86.5, 47.5, 42.5)

Provider

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

UW Sea Grant Institute (University of Wisconsin). Scenic Byways, Wisconsin 2015. Line data. https://geodata.wisc.edu/catalog/2FCB31ED-8215-49E3-8F4A-D9038E9583D4

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English