Talk:List of federal scenic byways in Colorado

Problems with this article
There are some major definitional issues in its content.


 * 1) All-American Roads are a type of National Scenic Byway. They are parts of the same program.
 * Here, it's treated as a separate program, when it is not. All-American Road status means a National Scenic Byway meets two of the intrinsic quality criteria instead of just one. There are some additional corridor management plan requirements for an All-American Road over that of a National Scenic Byway.
 * The signage is the same, signifying they're part of the same program.
 * For some reason, this article doesn't recognize that the Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway, which it must also be, by definition, if it has All-American Road status.
 * 1) The article seems to assume or imply that to have a federal designation a byway must also enjoy a state-level designation.
 * This is demonstrably untrue, as Michigan has three National Forest Scenic Byways that are not in the Pure Michigan Byway program. Of those three, one is also a National Scenic Byway. Most of the BLM Back Country Byways are not listed in the appropriate state byway programs.
 * While it is common that a National Scenic Byway be a state byway, it is not required. Currently, a roadway may be nominated by an Indian tribe or the National Park Service for listing as a National Scenic Byway, not just a state department of transportation.
 * 1) If the scope of this article is to list byways in Colorado with designations from federal agencies, why are we listing lengths of byways in adjacent states?
 * 2) Since the scope, based on the title of the article, only includes byways with a federal designation, I removed the section about state byways that lack such a designation from a federal agency.

These issues can be overcome through simple editing, which is why I mention them here. It may be better, for other reasons, to split these listings apart into separate  Imzadi 1979   →   03:30, 11 June 2023 (UTC)