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PRESS RELEASE: October 19, 2005
Contact: Teresa Mitchell, 315-646-1000, 800-SEAWAY-T

National Scenic Byway Status Extended Full Length of Seaway Trail

The Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation has extended National Scenic Byway status to the full length of the Seaway Trail. New York State’s 454-mile stretch of the Seaway Trail along the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, Niagara River and Lake Erie was named a first-round National Scenic Byway in 1996. Seaway Trail Pennsylvania parallels 50 miles of Lake Erie shoreline. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced the extension of the National Scenic Byway designation to Seaway Trail Pennsylvania at a ceremony at Union Station in Washington, D.C. 

The national collection of America’s Byways recognizes routes for one or more intrinsic qualities: archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and scenic. There are now 125 America’s Byways in forty-four states.

“We are thrilled to have the National Scenic Byway status extended to Seaway Trail Pennsylvania,” said Teresa Mitchell, executive director of Seaway Trail, Inc. 

”We have conducted cooperative byway travel promotion with the Erie Area Convention and Visitors Bureau that promotes travel along the Seaway Trail in Pennsylvania for some time now and look forward to new opportunities to showcase the unique travel experience that is the Seaway Trail in both our states.”

Among Seaway Trail travel themes and attractions are 28 historic lighthouses; maritime and military history, including the War of 1812 and the French and Indian War; water-based recreation; nature and camping; and coastal agriculture.

The Seaway Trail was first signed as a scenic route in New York State in the late 1970s, and became a National Recreation Trail in the 1980s. To learn more about New York’s Seaway Trail, go to www.seawaytrail.com; to learn more about Seaway Trail Pennsylvania, go to www.visiteriepa.com. 
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