U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration

Associate Administrator
John Baxter
202-366-9494
john.baxter@dot.gov
www.fhwa.dot.gov/flh/

Federal Lands Highway
provides planning,
design, and engineering
services to support the
highways and bridges
that provide access to
and within federally
owned lands.

Federal Lands Divisions

Western
Federal Lands

Western Federal Lands

Division Engineer
Clara Conner
360-619-7710
clara.conner@fhwa.
dot.gov
www.wfl.fhwa.dot.gov

September 2007
See FLH website for sources

Fact Sheet

Montana FLHP

MT FLHP road miles: 8,007 Funding Authorized FY 98 – 07: $348,090,000 Federal land acreage as percentage of total state area: 40%* MT population: 944,632
National Park Service (8 units) U.S. Forest Service (10) Bureau of Indian Affairs/ Tribal Governments (8) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (14) This percentage includes Federal lands that are not part of the FLHP core program and not depicted on the map

A photo of the Beartooth Highway The Federal Lands Highway Program in Montana. The Beartooth Highway is a Scenic Byway with the special designation of an All-American Road. The highway begins in Red Lodge, and winds nearly 70 miles in and out of Wyoming and back into Montana. It ends at the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Heralded as one of the most scenic drives in the United States, the route features breathtaking views of the Absaroka and Beartooth Mountains, and open high alpine plateaus dotted with glacial lakes, forested valleys, waterfalls and wildlife. The highway passes through Gallatin, Shoshone, and Custer National Forests.

Eight and one half miles of this scenic byway have been or are currently being reconstructed to a more uniform and safer standard byWestern Federal Lands Highway. The Forest Highway Program provided approximately $26 million in project funding.The Park Roads and Parkways Program has also provided $325,000, to fund the work needed at the connection to Yellowstone. Realignment and widening for user safety and needed drainage corrections are expensive to complete in this rugged terrain and remote location. The new alignment utilizes context-sensitive principles to harmonize with the constantly changing scenery and terrain. This is a driving-for-pleasure route that should not be hurried through. Accidents from those persons who hurried in the past are expected to decrease significantly from the new, more forgiving width, alignment, and safety features.

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