Us 12 Scenic Road Feasibility Study Draft September 1990

Excerpt from Us 12 Scenic Road Feasibility Study; Draft, September 1990: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of establishing a parkway or scenic roadway managed by the National Park Service using the existing US 12 highway corridor and portions of other existing roads in the national Iakeshore area. The existing US 12 corridor does not qualify as a national parkway for two reasons the corridor does not have sufficient merit and character to make it a national attraction, and there are many uncontrolled highway access points. Portions of the corridor clearly have high quality scenic views as well as historical significance. The corridor is more a connecting route between recreational, historic, and natural areas than it is a destination by itself. However, according to criteria that have been adopted by many states, including Indiana, the US 12 corridor does qualify as a scenic road. These criteria include. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.