East Rim Drive, Between South Entrance Road & park boundary, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ

Significance: The scenic drive is an early example of the cooperative agreement between the NPS and BPR to build quality automotive roads within the national parks. Extant features of East Rim Drive representative of these early efforts include pullouts, parking areas, and road spurs which offer scenic views; easy road grades; minimal landscape scarring; and rustic style retaining walls.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N275

Survey number: HAER AZ-44

Building/structure dates: 1927- 1931 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980

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