Scenic Highway / Byway
ART-SCB-03 Recommended Arterial
Scenic Highway / Byway
An Arterial through a low-development, often scenic landscape, where vehicle movement is prioritized and pedestrian, bicycle, and transit demand are minimal.1
Typical at: Undeveloped Rural
Suburban is an edge case. Compact, Urban, and Core are unlikely pairings.
#Speed and modal hierarchy
Design speed & speed limit
Follows the Arterial density-tiered baseline for its typical Undeveloped/Rural context.
Modal hierarchy
Vehicle Bicycle Pedestrian Transit Freight
#Design notes
This entry follows the same shape as Rural Collector/Farm-to-Market Road: a low-density, low-development-pressure pattern that is the norm where it applies and effectively disappears as density rises.
#Related patterns
Rural Collector / Farm-to-Market Road (COL-FTM-02) (explicitly named on this page as following the same shape)
#References
- Legal / regulatory 23 U.S.C. § 162, National Scenic Byways Program.(opens in new tab)
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