Byways in Kentucky
America's Byways Collection
- Country Music Highway
- Great River Road – KY*
- Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway
- Old Frankfort Pike Historic and Scenic Byway
- Red River Gorge Scenic Byway
- Wilderness Road Heritage Highway
- Woodlands Trace National Scenic Byway – KY
Additional Byways
- Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
- Boone Creek Scenic Byway
- Cordell Hull Highway
- Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- Midway-Versailles Road – US Highway 62
- Old Kentucky Turnpike
- Pine Mountain Road
- Pisgah Pike Scenic Byway
- Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- Shakertown Road
- US Highway 42
- US Highway 68 Scenic Byway
- Zilpo Road National Forest Scenic Byway
Information
National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads are designated by the Federal Department of Transportation and become part of the America’s Byways® collection. To become an official National Scenic Byways, qualifying roads must have one of the following six “intrinsic qualities”: 1. Scenic, 2. Historic, 3. Archeological, 4. Recreational, 5. Cultural, or 6. Natural. To become an All-American Road, two or more of these unique intrinsic qualities must be present (along with a more comprehensive “corridor management plan”). State-level byways are most frequently designated by the State Department of Transportation (DOT), but can also be designated by federal agencies (at the state level) such as the US Forest Service, NPS, BLM, USACE, US Fish & Wildlife, as well as by tribal organizations.
*Byways in the America’s Byways collection with an asterisk are All-American Roads.