(Ryan Kelly via Sweetwater County Travel & Tourism)
CASPER, Wyo. – The Flaming Gorge – The Green River Basin Scenic Byway has been designated an “All-American Road” by the Federal Highway Administration.
The Sweetwater County Travel & Tourism Board filed an application for designation in 2020 and announced the success of its application on Thursday, February 18.
“This has been a dream for more than 20 years,” said CEO Jenissa Meredith. “I was lucky enough to be involved in preparing this proposal over a decade ago when Dave Hanks, former CEO of the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce, brought me on the project.”
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Mark Wilson – Red Canyon Lodge
Jenissa Meredith – Sweetwater County Travel and Tourism
Jerry Taylor – Flaming Gorge Corporation (Courtesy Sweetwater County Travel & Tourism Council)
“It is a great honor to see this designation finally become a reality. The Flaming Gorge is by far our greatest tourist asset. This designation offers funding opportunities and will put this area in the spotlight like never before for travelers. “
The Flaming Gorge – Green River Basin Scenic Byway was one of the 15 streets known as “All-American Roads”. The route is located in the southwest corner of Wyoming and extends south from I-80 to the Utah state line. It runs parallel to the Green River and the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area.
(Sweetwater County Travel & Tourism Council)
“The natural landscape of the Flaming Gorge – Green River Basin Scenic Byway is vast and offers a diverse habitat that is largely untouched by human activity. This makes recreation plentiful and the experience particularly enjoyable,” said Sweetwater County Travel & Tourism. “But it is the drive itself through the expansive panorama of land and sky that is impressive, nationally significant and worthy of the name” All-American Road “.”
The “All-American Road” designation is the highest award level under the National Scenic Byways program, which was introduced in 1991 to identify and improve scenic roads in the country. The roads are selected based on archaeological, cultural, historical, natural, recreational and scenic qualities.
“With their many unique properties, each of these new additions to the National Scenic Byways program helps the roads tell our national story,” said Tom Everett, executive director of the Federal Highway Administration, in the news release. “These special routes offer travelers exciting new ways to explore the nation from coast to coast or near their home.”
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