Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 428 - BOARD OF PUBLIC ROADS CLASSIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS › Chapter 1 - Procedures for Classifications › Section 428-1-003 - SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SCENIC - RECREATION ROADS

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 Scenic-Recreation, which shall consist
  of highways or roads located within or which provide access to or through state
  parks, recreation or wilderness areas, other areas of geographical, historical,
  geological, recreational, biological, or archaeological significance, or areas
  of scenic beauty; and are defined as follows:
1. State Parks as defined by 81-815.22 Neb.
  Rev. Stat. shall mean parks of substantial area with primary value of
  significant statewide scenic, scientific or historical interest, having a
  complete development potential and, where possible, a representative portion
  which can be retained in a natural or relatively undisturbed state.
2. State Recreation or Wilderness Areas as
  defined by 81-815.22 Neb. Rev. Stat. shall mean areas with a primary value for
  day use, but with secondary overnight-use facilities or potential, which have
  reasonable expansion capability and are located in accordance with sound park
  management principles.
3.
  Geographic Areas shall consist of a unique or unusual area which has particular
  interest and is not usually present in extensive numbers in the immediate
  area.
4. Historical Areas shall
  include areas which have been determined by the State Historical Society to be
  historic sites or have been registered or nominated to be included in the
  National Register of Historic Places.
5. Geological Areas shall consist of unique
  or unusual areas which have particular interest in the interpretation of
  geologic information and are the best areas of information in that particular
  region.
6. Recreational Areas as
  defined in 81-815.22 Neb. Rev. Stat. State wayside areas shall be areas
  appropriate in size and located at strategic intervals adjacent to main
  travelled highways to provide safe rest and picnic stops for travelers, which
  sites shall be selected for scenic or historical interest, when possible.
  Equipped with safe approach and departure lanes, and be developed in a manner
  and with such facilities as are appropriate to their purpose and State Special
  Use areas shall be those areas which are primarily of public hunting, fishing,
  or other wildlife values, and which cannot logically be classified in one of
  the categories listed in sub-divisions 2, 3, 4 or 5 of this section, when so
  designated by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to be maintained from fish
  and game funds.
7. Biological
  Significance areas are defined as only those areas where a unique or unusual
  life form or process exists and only that area that is most unusual in the
  given region of the State.
8.
  Archaeological Significant areas are areas for which the Nebraska State
  Historical Society has declared an archaeological significance. A joint
  agreement exists between the Society and the Department of Roads concerning
  these areas if a road project proposes to infringe on them.
9. Scenic. No precise definition of scenic is
  possible as stated in the Scenic Highways Narrative dated March 12, 1974, by
  the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. "Scenery, as with other forms of
  beauty, lies in the eyes of the beholder, and an element of subjectivity is
  bound to be a part of any attempt to develop and apply objective criteria and
  guideline."