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Forest Highway

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used to write "National Forest" on national forest gateway signs. To qualify for inclusion in the system, a roadway must "be wholly or partially within, or adjacent to, and serving the National Forest System" among other criteria.
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in which they are located. The forest highway system comprises approximately 29,000 miles (47,000 km) of roads. Forest highways are usually marked with markers in the shape of an
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as "a forest road under the jurisdiction of, and maintained by, a public authority and open to public travel." Forest highways are designated by the
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numbers, while in the smaller space below the line is written "National Forest" in the cursive
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for Forest Highways 3, 33, and Puerto Rican Forest Highway 191
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Western Federal Lands Highway Division (September 7, 2011).
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Western Federal Lands Highway Division (September 7, 2011).
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Office of Federal Lands Highway (December 18, 2009).
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Index

Forest service road
Forrest Highway
Forest Highway 3 marker
Forest Highway 33 marker
Puerto Rican Forest Highway 191 marker
Highway markers
1921
roads
United States National Forests
United States federal law
United States Forest Service
federal government
states
counties
isosceles trapezoid
Highway Gothic
Forest Service
logo
type
federal aid
Federal Forest Highway 13 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Forest Highway 191 in El Yunque National Forest
El Yunque National Forest
Forest road
National Forest Scenic Byway
"Forest Highways"
the original
23 U.S.C.
§ 101(a)(9)

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