Historic and Scenic Roads
Historic and Scenic Roads
The state historic highway system includes all state routes and U.S. highways in Arizona built between 1912 and 1955, excluding the interstates. View the list of historic roads to see more information about the historic roads in Arizona.
In 1982, the state of Arizona enacted into law ARS §41-512 through ARS §41-518. These laws provide for the establishment of parkways, historic roads and scenic roads (PHSRAC). ARS §41-512 through §41-517 were later repealed and in 2018 the Arizona Legislature transferred the responsibility of designating parkways, scenic roads, and state-designated historic roads to the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names (ASBGHN).
In 1991, the federal government passed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, which created the National Scenic Byways Program. The Program provided for the establishment of All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways.
The Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names (ASBGHN) evaluates proposals to designate a parkway, scenic road, or state-designated historic roads. To learn more about the process of designating state and national scenic roads, or to submit a designation proposal, visit the ASBGHN website.
Contact ADOT
For inquiries on the ADOT Scenic Roads program,
please contact: Sharay Satchell
Scenic Byways Program Manager
Multimodal Planning Division (MPD)
Phone: 602.712.7337
Contact the National Scenic Byway Foundation
For more information on Scenic Byways, please visit the National Scenic Byways Foundation’s website by clicking here.
Mission/ Vision:
The National Scenic Byway Foundation (NSBF), is doing business as the National Scenic Byway Association (NSBA). As a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization, we serve as The National Voice of Scenic Byways and Roads, dedicated to strengthening Byways and actively advocating for renewed Byway Federal funding. A volunteer-run organization since 2005, the NSBA is governed by a Board of Directors made up of Byway leaders and affiliates. The NSBA is the only organization currently where extensive Byway expertise and experience reside.
Member Benefits:
All NSBA Members and the Byway Leaders that represent Byway Organizations, DMO’s, Businesses, Byway Collection and Individual members are invited to participate in the six “First Friday Fellowship” opportunities via Zoom. The six chats will be held at 3pm ET on the first Fridays of Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct and Dec. The format will begin with a featured topic or announcement and continue with discussions and chats about hot topics in the byway community.
NSBA Training, Events, Webinars, etc. can be found here: https://nsbfoundation.com/training-events-advocacy/
National Scenic Byway Foundation Member Contacts:
Sharon Strouse
Executive Director
[email protected]
Address:
7501 Whitehill Lane, Millersburg, OH 44654
PO Box 212, Millersburg, OH 44654-0212
Phone: 330.231.3468
NSBA Co-Sponsors Contacts:
American Road Magazine, Tom and Becky Repp
Corridor Solutions, Wanda Maloney, Phone: 336.231.9733
Overlook Maps, Adam Riggs
Sailforth Productions, Stephanie Liskey
SJPearce Consultants, Sally Pearce
Tourism Currents, Sheila Scarborough