Portal:Michigan highways/Selected article/July 2016
The Black River National Forest Scenic Byway is a National Forest Scenic Byway that runs along the Black River in the Ottawa National Forest. The byway follows County Road 513 through Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula. As a county road, it is maintained jointly by the Gogebic County Road Commission with assistance from the U.S. Forest Service. The byway provides access to several waterfalls and other visitor attractions in the area, including Copper Peak, the tallest ski flying hill in the world. The roadway ends at Black River Harbor, one of only two harbors in the National Forest System. The route of the byway first existed as a wagon road in the 1840s and as a county road in the 1920s. The byway designation was instituted on June 20, 1992, and the byway was dedicated later that year. (more...)