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Information on hiking trails which each lie within a single National, State or Provincial Park, National Monument can be found together with the other information for the individual park.
Information on many present-day roads can be found in the Scenic Roads section.
Named present-day roads such as Florida's Turnpike and the Massachusetts Turnpike are not listed here since their location can be quickly determined from any road atlas or map. Similarly, the named freeways in the Los Angeles area are not listed here.
Most of the information on this page is rather limited and intended primarily to stimulate interest in case you wish to research further.
The position in this list of roads named after a person are determined by the person's surname.
Alaska Highway, Alaska, British Columbia and Yukon Territory (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The present-day Alaska Highway runs for just over 1500 miles from Dawson Creek in British Columbia, through Yukon Territory to Fairbanks in Alaska. I have not travelled on this road. I believe that while it is paved all the way, services become less frequent as you go further north, especially in winter. This road was previously called the Alcan Highway (or perhaps that should be AlCan Highway?).
Alligator Alley, also called the Everglades Parkway, Florida (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
Alligator Alley, also called the Everglades Parkway, is that part of I-75 that runs from west of Fort Lauderdale, to just east of Naples, Florida. This is a paved highway open to all vehicles but subject to a toll.
Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Various States (PRESENT-DAY LONG DISTANCE HIKING TRAIL)
See separate article.
Audubon Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Audubon Parkway runs between Henderson and Owensboro, Kentucky. It is presumably named in honour of John James Audubon. This road does not appear to have a road number. It is subject to a toll.
Beartooth Highway, Montana and Wyoming (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Bee Line Expressway, Florida (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Bee Line Expressway, Florida State Highway 528, runs between Orlando and Florida's Atlantic coast near Cape Canaveral and NASA's Kennedy Space Centre. This road is subject to a toll; when we travelled it this toll was a trivial amount (less than a Dollar as I recollect) but this was many years ago.
Berlin Turnpike, Connecticut (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Berlin Turnpike is that part of US5 that runs between New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut.
Bert T Combs Mountain Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
Kentucky State Highway 402 between US460 and I-64 near Lexington forms the Bert T Combs Mountain Parkway. This road was previously subject to a toll but this is no longer the case.
Bicentennial Highway - Utah State Highway 95 (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Blue Grass Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Blue Grass Parkway runs between Lexington and Elizabethtown, Kentucky. This road does not appear to have a road number. This road was previously subject to a toll but this is no longer the case.
Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Blue Star Memorial Highways (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAYS)
After the second World War a movement was started throughout the United States to pay tribute to the nation's armed forces by designating various State Highways, US Highways and Interstate Highways as Blue Star Memorial Highways. In 1945, the National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc. approved the Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker programme. These highways are indicated by means of plaques in highway rest areas and similar locations, bearing the wording "Blue Star Memorial Highway - A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America".
There are numerous Blue Star Memorial Highways in California and at least one in each of Florida, Maine, Massachusetts and Wyoming. The Wikipedia category article Blue Star Memorial Highways (external link verified Apr-06) has a list but it might not be complete.
Boone's Trace, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia (HISTORIC TRAIL/ROAD)
See Wilderness Road.
Bozeman Trail, Montana and Wyoming (HISTORIC TRAIL)
The historic Bozeman Trail ran for 400 miles from the Oregon Trail in Wyoming to Virginia City in Montana. Virginia City lies on Montana State Highway 287, about 40 miles south of I-90 between Bozeman and Butte. I don't know if the Bozeman Trail extended to the town of Bozeman but presumably there is some connection between the names. Virginia City was a gold-rush boom town which still exists but is now virtually a ghost town - it does however have a web site (link verified 3-Apr-99). The Bozeman Trail crossed the lands of the Sioux and Cheyenne peoples, adding to their resentment of the encroachment of the Europeans.
Burr Trail, Utah (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Burr Trail runs for about thirty-seven miles east from the small town of Boulder, Utah (on Utah State Road 12) to the southern part of Capitol Reef National Park. The section outside the park is reported as being paved (although it is marked as unpaved on most maps); the section inside the park is unpaved.
There is a description of the Burr Trail on the Utah Canyons web site.
Butterfield Trail (HISTORIC TRAIL)
I believe that this was a historic stagecoach route, and part of it ran roughly east-west through El Paso, Texas.
Desert Southwest
Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The present-day Cabot Trail is a road, reported as being highly scenic and offering spectacular views, which runs along the northeastern coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The road passes through Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
Cabrillo Highway, California (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See Pacific Coast Highway.
California Trail, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California (HISTORIC TRAIL)
The historic California Trail was the route west for many pioneers in the nineteenth century. The trail followed the same route as the Oregon Trail as far as Fort Bridger in Wyoming, from where it branched off to the southwest.
California | Kansas | Missouri | Nebraska | Nevada | Utah | Wyoming
Chihuahua Trail, Mexico and New Mexico (HISTORIC TRAIL)
The historic Chihuahua Trail ran from Mexico City to Santa Fe in New Mexico. It passed through Albuquerque, New Mexico. It therefore would seem to follow much the same route as El Camino Real, and may just have been an alternative name.
Chisholm Trail, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas (HISTORIC TRAIL)
The historic Chisholm Trail ran north from San Antonio in Texas, via Austin and Fort Worth, then through Oklahoma (referred to as "Indian Territory" at the time when the trail was used) to Wichita and finally Abilene in Kansas (which is not to be confused with the town of the same name in Texas). The trail was a major cattle driving route, used by cattlemen driving their herds for shipment east by rail in the period following the American Civil War. The trail began to fall into disuse once the main shipment point moved west to Dodge City in the early 1870's, and was abandoned once all cattle shipments were made by rail from the 1880's.
Chisum Trail, New Mexico (HISTORIC TRAIL)
I believe that the historic Chisum Trail ran between Las Cruces and Roswell in New Mexico.
Cumberland Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Cumberland Parkway runs between Somerset to an intersection with I-65 near Bowling Green, Kentucky. This road does not appear to have a road number. It is subject to a toll.
Cumberland Road, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia (HISTORIC TRAIL/ROAD)
See National Road.
Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Daniel Boone Parkway runs between Hazard and I-75 at London, Kentucky. This road does not appear to have a road number. It is subject to a toll.
David Thompson Highway, Alberta (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Eisenhower Highway, Utah (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
I-80 in Utah is called the Eisenhower Highway.
Incidentally, the entire US Interstate network is officially called the Eisenhower Interstate System.
El Camino Alto - The High Road to Taos, New Mexico (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The direct route from Santa Fe to Taos, New Mexico, is to take US84/285 and then NM68. El Camino Alto (Spanish for The High Road), also very frequently called the High Road to Taos, is an alternative route along NM76, NM75 and NM518. I have heard reports that this slower route goes over the mountains and is very scenic.
El Camino Del Rio - The River Road, Texas (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
Texas Farm Road 170 between Lajitas and Presidio, along the north bank of the Rio Grande west of Big Bend National Park, is called El Camino Del Rio (Spanish for The River Road). There may be other roads with the same name. This road has a reputation as being highly scenic; while interesting in places I regret to say that personally I would not rate it so highly but that is of course only my opinion.
El Camino Real - The Royal Road (or The King's Highway), California (HISTORIC TRAIL AND PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY); Colorado and New Mexico (HISTORIC TRAIL)
There appear to have been at least two historic roads (or trails) called El Camino Real (Spanish for "The Royal Road" or "The King's Highway" - Real is pronounced ray-al):
Colorado | Kansas | Nebraska | New Mexico | Oklahoma | Texas | Wyoming
Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike, Connecticut (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike is that part of I-95 that runs between New Haven, Connecticut and its intersection with I-395 west of New London, and I-395 from that point to the Massachusetts line.
Grand Mesa Byway, Colorado (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Great River Road, Various States (PRESENT DAY HIGHWAYS)
See separate article.
It is so named because its original endpoints were to be Alexandria and Ashland. Alexandria, KY on the western end of the AA and Ashland, KY on the eastern end.
The trail starts near Wood River in Illinois and runs through parts of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington State. However, many sections of the expeditions' journey were conducted by boat on the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Several sections of the route which are now covered by modern-day roads are marked with a special sign with a silhouette of Lewis and Clark, one of them with his arm outstretched pointing to the left. However, the route is not signposted as an integrated unit. There are a number of historic memorials, visitor centres, etc along the way. A considerable amount of detailed information is available on the relevant page of the US National Park Service web site (verified Feb-04).
Idaho | Iowa | Kansas | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | North Dakota | Oregon | South Dakota | Washington State
Lincoln Highway, Various States (HISTORIC HIGHWAY)
The Lincoln Highway was, I believe, the first transcontinental highway. Some short sections of the old highway are marked by historical markers. The 1995 official Utah highway map shows the route of Lincoln Highway through southwestern Wyoming and Utah as following that of present-day I-80, with a alternative southern route from Salt Lake City southwest along present-day Utah State Highways 36 and 199 to the town of Dugway, then west across the present-day Dugway Proving Grounds and Deseret Test Centre (there is no public access and there are now no public roads through these areas). For more details of the Lincoln Highway, see the Lincoln Highway web site
Loneliest Highway in America (VARIOUS PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAYS)
US50 is sometimes referred to as the Loneliest Highway in America. It runs for about 3070 miles from Ocean City, Maryland to Sacramento, California. The stretch through Nevada is apparently particularly desolate and the name is often used solely for this part of the road.
Other contenders for the title of Loneliest Highway in America might include:
An unpaved spur road runs west from Utah State Highway 261 for a distance of four or five miles to Muley Point Overlook from which, according to reports, there is an excellent view of the canyon of the San Juan River and Monument Valley in the distance.
The Moki Dugway is a short section of Utah State Highway 261 near where the Muley Point Overlook spur road starts. It is an unpaved stretch of road which ascends (or descends) a thousand feet of Cedar Mesa in its two or three miles through a series of tight hairpin bends (switchbacks). According to reports this road should only be attempted in good weather and then only with a suitable four wheel drive vehicle. The view from the top (the northern end) is spectacular. Photograph (73KB).
Reader feedback: In April 2007 Paul Hilliard of Merrickville, Ontario sent me this invaluable description:
I rode the Moki Dugway in September 2006 on my GL1800 GoldWing. According to the official sign at the top, it is an 1,100 ft. drop in 3 miles. Only the switchback turns are paved (mostly). The paving does tend to have loose gravel on it. The rest is gravel with a lot of washboard. There are no guardrails.
For the average motorcyclist on a cruiser or touring bike, I do not recommend attempting the Moki Dugway downhill. It would be OK uphill but going down (on the gravel) requires staying in first gear and not touching the clutch or brake. Either would get you in trouble very quickly. Dual-Sport and Enduro bikes are better suited to this road.
Most of the turns have run out areas. I did not see evidence of rutting and, while it was dry when I rode it, I don't think rain would be too much of a problem.
The view is OUTSTANDING.Colorado Plateau | Four Corners | Grand Circle
Kansas | Missouri | Nebraska | Utah | Wyoming
Mount Evans Byway, Colorado (PRESENT-DAY TOLL HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Natchez Trace, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee (HISTORIC TRAIL AND PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
National Road, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia (HISTORIC TRAIL/ROAD)
The historic National Road, also called the Cumberland Road, ran for nearly 800 miles from Cumberland in Maryland to Vandalia in Illinois. Part of US40 now runs along the same route. The building of the road was a significant factor in the development of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Illinois | Indiana | Maryland | Ohio | Pennsylvania | West Virginia
Oregon Trail, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon and Wyoming (HISTORIC TRAIL)
The historic Oregon Trail ran for about 2000 miles from its "jumping-off point" of Independence in Missouri to the Willamette Valley (south of present-day Portland) in Oregon. The main trail started by following the Platte River for about 540 miles through present-day Nebraska, crossing the Kansas River and the Big Blue River, passing Fort Kearney (sited at the present-day town of Kearney), Chimney Rock, Scotts Bluff, to Fort Laramie in present-day Wyoming. It then continued along the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers via Fort Caspar (sited at the present-day town of Casper, spelt with an "e" instead of an "a") and Independence Rock to South Pass in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. This was the only pass for hundreds of miles in either direction through the Rockies which had sufficiently gradual slopes to be feasible for wagons and also which offered sufficient grazing for oxen. From South Pass the trail headed southwest to Fort Bridger and Soda Springs (Idaho) and Fort Hall before following the Snake River across southern Idaho to Fort Boise (at the site of the present-day town of Boise). The final section of the trail crossed the Blue Mountains in Oregon before reaching the Columbia River at The Dalles, where wagons were floated downstream until the Barlow Road through the Cascade Mountains was constructed. Various cutoffs and other routes were used were used as alternatives to many sections of the main trail.
Between 1842 and 1862 an estimated 300,000 emigrants travelled along the Oregon Trail. The journey took some five or six months, and timing of when to start out was critical in order to provide sufficient grazing and in order to avoid bad weather in the mountains.
Most emigrants used oxen to pull their covered wagons, not horses.
The United States Bureau of Land Management have established an excellent Oregon Trail Interpretive Centre near the town of Baker City, Oregon.
There is an excellent Museum of the Oregon Trail at Scotts Bluff National Monument in Nebraska.
The United States National Park Service administer the Oregon National Historic Trail. Although much of the route can be travelled on modern-day roads, and there are numerous historical markers and exhibits along the way, the route is not signposted as an integrated unit. A considerable amount of detailed information is available on the relevant page of the US National Park Service web site (verified Feb-04).
An excellent computer program which simulates travelling on the Oregon Trail is available commercially. The program was originally published by MECC and is now distributed in the UK by Softkey. I do not have any information regarding its availability in any other country. The program rewards sensible decisions and considerable care seems to have been taken to make it as historically accurate as possible, for example members of your party are far more likely to die of an illness or a snake bite than because of an attack by Indians.
Idaho | Kansas | Missouri | Nebraska | Oregon | Wyoming
Overland Trail, Colorado and Wyoming (HISTORIC TRAIL)
The Overland Trail was a more southerly alternative to part of the Oregon Trail, through northeastern Colorado and southern Wyoming. It left the Oregon Trail at Julesburg, Colorado, following the South Platte River instead of the North Platte. From Greeley (then called Latham) it continued though Virginia Dale (Colorado) and Tie Siding (Wyoming) to Laramie, Wyoming, and then followed the present-day route of the Union Pacific Railroad and I-80 through southern Wyoming to rejoin the Oregon Trail at Fort Bridger in southwestern Wyoming. Both the 1995 and 1997 editions of Microsoft's Encarta CD-ROM encyclopedia wrongly claim in their "Casper, Wyoming" articles that Casper was on the route of the Overland Trail which was never the case.
It is estimated that twenty thousand emigrants a year travelled the Overland Trail between 1862 and 1868.
Elizabeth Larson's magnificent personal Overland Trail web site has a wealth of extremely interesting information about the Overland Trail and related subjects (link verified Feb-99).
Overseas Highway, Florida (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Pacific Coast Highway, California, Oregon and Washington State (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Parks Highway, Alaska (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Parks Highway is Alaska State Highway 3 between Anchorage and Fairbanks, passing beside Denali National Park.
Pennyrile Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Pennyrile Parkway runs between Hopkinsville and Henderson, Kentucky. This road does not appear to have a road number. It parallels part of US41. This road used to be subject to a toll but that is no longer the case.
Pikes Peak Toll Highway, Colorado (PRESENT-DAY TOLL HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Purchase Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
I-24 in Kentucky between the northern tip of Land Between The Lakes and the Tennessee line forms the Purchase Parkway. This road was previously subject to a toll but this is no longer the case.
Redwood Highway, California (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See Pacific Coast Highway.
Richardson Highway, Alaska (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Richardson Highway is Alaska State Highway 4 between Gulkana (on Alaska State Highway 1) and Delta Junction (on Alaska State Highway 2). The name may also apply to Alaska State Highway 4 as far south as Valdez.
Robert Moses Parkway, New York State (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See Niagara Reservation State Park (Niagara Falls).
Route 66, Arizona, California, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas (HISTORIC HIGHWAY)
Route 66 (for some reason never US66 or Highway 66) is immortalised in the well known song of the same name, which lists many of the places the road passed through:
Route 66 was the road taken by many of migrants from the dustbowl region to the crop growing areas of California during the Great Depression years. For this reason it is often called the Dustbowl Highway. Other names include the Mother Road and America's Main Street.
By 1985 the entire length of Route 66 had been replaced by Interstates. However, about 85% of the old highway and many of the historic buildings along its route have been preserved. There are four museums along the old route. Some of the best preserved sections of the old highway are nearly its entire length in Oklahoma, between Chicago and St Louis, and between Ashfork and Kingman in Arizona.
San Juan Skyway, Colorado (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Santa Fe Trail, California (?), Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Oklahoma (HISTORIC TRAIL)
The historic Santa Fe Trail ran for about 780 miles from Independence in western Missouri, via Topeka, Council Grove, Pawnee Rock and Dodge City in Kansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The trail crossed the westernmost part of the Oklahoma panhandle and looped south so as to approach Santa Fe from the south, presumably because of the mountains further north. The trail was used by as many as 5000 wagons a year from 1822 until the railway reached Santa Fe in 1880.
One map shows the Santa Fe Trail as having two routes. The northern mountain route followed part of the Arkansas River through southeastern Colorado. The southern Cimarron route followed the Cimarron River through what is now the Oklahoma panhandle.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site in southeastern Colorado lies on the northern route of the Santa Fe Trail.
Fort Union National Monument, just off I-25 in New Mexico, lies on the route of the Santa Fe Trail.
In the middle of the 1800's the Santa Fe Trail formed part of a trade route from the west to New York and New Orleans, via the Missouri, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, and canals in the east.
I have read a statement that the city of El Monte in Los Angeles County, California, was the western terminus of the Santa Fe Trail. If this information is correct, then presumably it refers to another trail of the same name, perhaps one which ran west from Santa Fe.
Sawgrass Expressway, Florida (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Sawgrass Expressway, Florida State Highway 869, forms a loop around the northwest of Fort Lauderdale. This road is subject to a toll.
Shafer Trail, Island In The Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah (PRESENT-DAY UNPAVED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE ROAD)
The Shafer Trail descends in an easterly direction from the Island In The Sky district of Canyonlands National Park in Utah, near its entrance, to alongside the Colorado River below Dead Horse Point State Park. It then continues in a northeasterly direction to connect with Utah State Highway 279, the Potash Road. The Shafer Trail is an unpaved road, only suitable for four wheel drive vehicles.
Shoreline Highway, California (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See Pacific Coast Highway.
Silver Thread Byway, Colorado (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Slickrock Trail, Utah (PRESENT-DAY MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL)
The Slickrock Trail is a mountain bike trail near Moab, Utah. It is exclusively reserved for mountain bikes and is utterly unsuitable for other types of vehicles. According to one description it comes under the authority of the BLM.
Steese Highway, Alaska (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Steese Highway is Alaska State Highway 6 which runs northeast from Fairbanks to the town of Central.
Tamiami Trail, Florida (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Tamiami Trail, US41, runs between Miami and Naples, Florida. Despite the name this is a normal paved highway suitable for all vehicles.
Tok Cut-Off, Alaska (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Tok Cut-off is that part of Alaska State Highway 1 that runs between Tok (on Alaska State Highway 2) and Gulkana.
Trace, The, Land Between The Lakes, Kentucky and Tennessee (PRESENT-DAY ROAD)
See Land Between The Lakes.
Trail of Tears, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas (HISTORIC TRAIL)
The Trail of Tears is the name given to the forcible eviction in the late 1830's by federal troops of some eighteen to twenty thousand people who formed the majority of the Cherokee tribe, from the area around the Great Smoky Mountains three hundred miles west to "Indian Territory" (parts of present-day Oklahoma and Texas), following the discovery of gold on their tribal lands. About four thousand died due to hunger, disease and exposure on the way.
North Carolina | Oklahoma | Tennessee | Texas
Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Trans-Canada Highway, Various Provinces (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
Trans-Canada Trail, Various Provinces And Territories (PRESENT-DAY LONG DISTANCE HIKING TRAIL)
This trail, currently being developed, will run from Newfoundland and Labrador to Nunavut, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans, all the Canadian provinces and territories, and thousands of communities. At 17,2500 kilometres it will form the longest hiking trail in the world. The Ontario section alone will be roughly the same length as the eastern USA's Appalachian Trail. The trail will be for hikers, cyclists, horse riders, cross-country skiers and in some sections snowmobile users. The trail is scheduled for full completion in 2005 but since it comprises many existing routes some 50% of its length is already available. External link: Trans-Canada Trail verified Jan-02.
Turquoise Trail, New Mexico (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The scenic Turquoise Trail follows NM14 and NM536 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. External link: Turquoise Trail verified Nov-98.
Veterans Memorial Highway, Montana and Utah (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
I-15 in Montana and Utah is called the Veterans Memorial Highway. I do not know if the name also applies to those stretches of I-15 which are in other states.
Western Kentucky Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
I-24 between Elizabethtown, Kentucky and the northern tip of Land Between The Lakes forms the Western Kentucky Parkway. This road was previously subject to a toll but this is no longer the case.
White Rim Road, Island In The Sky District of Canyonlands National Park, Utah (PRESENT-DAY UNPAVED FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE ROAD)
The White Rim is a bench 1200 feet below the Island In The Sky District of Canyonlands National Park in Utah, 1000 feet above the Colorado River. The Rim extends around most of the Island In The Sky.
The White Rim Road is a hundred mile long unpaved road which traverses the Rim. It is only suitable for four wheel drive vehicles. The road takes at least two days to drive, thus requiring at least one night of primitive camping in the backcountry.
Wilbur Cross Parkway, Connecticut (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Wilbur Cross Parkway is that part of Connecticut State Highway 15 that runs between its intersection with Connecticut State Highway 34 west of New Haven and its connection with I-91 near Meriden, I-91 between that point to Hartford, and that part of I-84 that runs between Hartford and the Massachusetts line.
Wilderness Road, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia (HISTORIC TRAIL/ROAD)
The historic Wilderness Road ran for over 200 miles from the Holsten River Valley in western Virginia, via eastern Tennessee and the Cumberland Gap to central Kentucky. One route branched west to Nashville and the other went north to Louisville. The road was cleared and marked in the 1770's by Daniel Boone and a party of thirty axemen. For the next fifty years the Wilderness Road was the main migration route for about 200,000 people who settled Tennessee and Kentucky. The Wilderness Road was also known as Boone's Trace. Some present-day highways follow the same route.
William H Natcher Parkway, Kentucky (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The William H Natcher Parkway runs between Owensboro and Bowling Green, Kentucky. This road was previously called the Green River Parkway. This road does not appear to have a road number. It is subject to a toll.
Yankee Expressway, Connecticut (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
The Yankee Expressway is that part of I-84 that runs between Danbury and Waterbury, Connecticut. The name may also apply to I-84 as far as Hartford.
Yellowhead Highway, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan (PRESENT-DAY HIGHWAY)
See separate article.
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