This is probably the only road in the United States that runs straight through a wilderness area. Technically, Tower Ridge Road is not in the wilderness, because wildernesses do not allow roads or motorized transportation. The boundaries of the wilderness were drawn up to the road on each side, so that the Charles C. Deam Wilderness is divided in two parts, one north of the road and one south of the road, with 20 feet of non-wilderness in between.