New York State and National Scenic Byways with Corridor Management Plans

New York State's designated scenic byways are listed in this dataset, which includes those with approved Corridor Management Plans. The dataset was created by the New York State Legislature in 1992 and is published by data.ny.gov. Information includes location, length, route description, and designation, and is current as of the publication date.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution and length of scenic routes by Region and Primary Designation using Approximate Length (Miles) and Region columns.
• Mapping scenic byway networks and connections by visualizing the Scenic Byway and Connects columns on a geographic map.
• Categorizing and filtering byways by their designation level using Primary Designation, Secondary Designation, and Tertiary Designation columns.
• Providing public information resources by linking to detailed plans via the For more information (URL) column.

Strengths

• Includes both State and National Scenic Byways within New York, providing a consolidated official list.
• Contains multiple descriptive attributes per byway, such as length, region, and designation levels.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness of columns like Connects require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Official listing from the New York State Scenic Byways program.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 19:52:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, USA