Forest Highway

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Forest Highway System
Highway markers for Forest Highways 3 and 33
System information
Formed:	1921^[1]
Highway names
Forest Highway	Forest Highway nn Federal Forest Highway nn (FFH nn) Forest Route nn

Forest Highways or Forest Routes are a category of roads within United States National Forests. They are built to connect the national forests to the existing state highway systems, and to provide improved access to recreational and logging areas.

Description

The federal statues define the term Forest Highway as "a forest road under the jurisdiction of, and maintained by, a public authority and open to public travel."^[2]

Forest highways are designated by the United States Forest Service and funded by the federal government, but are generally owned and maintained by the states or counties in which they are located. The forest highway system comprises approximately 29,000 miles (47,000 km) of roads.^[3] Forest highways are usually marked with markers of the style shown at right. To qualify for inclusion in the system, a roadway must "be wholly or partially within, or adjacent to, and serving the National Forest System" among other criteria.^[4]

History

In the 1920s, forest highway was a class of federal aid, and could be used outside forests, as long as the projects improved access to the forests.^[5]

Gallery

Federal Forest Highway 13 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Forest Highway 191 in El Yunque National Forest

References

↑ Office of Federal Lands Highway (December 18, 2009). "Forest Highways". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
↑ 23 U.S.C. § 101(a)(9)
↑ Western Federal Lands Highway Division (September 7, 2011). "Forest Highways". Forest Highways. Federal Highway Administration Office of Federal Lands Highway. Retrieved September 16, 201.
↑ Western Federal Lands Highway Division (September 7, 2011). "Forest Highway Designation". Federal Highway Administration Office of Federal Lands Highway. Retrieved September 16, 201.
↑ "Utah to Build Forest Roads". Millard County Progress. July 11, 1924. p. 4. Retrieved November 24, 2010.

External links

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Forest Highways at Federal Lands Highway Division
Forest Routes at California Highways

v t e Route designations in the United States

Multistate systems	Interstate Auxiliary Business U.S. Highway

Intrastate systems	Toll road State highway County highway Farm-to-market road

State- and district- specific types	District of Columbia route Missouri supplemental route Montana secondary route Nebraska Connecting Link, Spur, and Recreation routes New York State Parkway Pennsylvania quadrant route Tennessee secondary route Texas Loop, Spur, Park, Recreation, and Beltway routes

Special route types	Alternate route Business/city route Bypass route Connector route Divided route Emergency detour route Loop route Scenic route Spur route

Street types	Numbered street

Other	U.S. Bicycle Route Forest highway Indian route Territorial highway

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