North Entrance Road, Between Little Park & Bright Angel Point, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Summary
Significance: North Entrance Road is significant as an early example of the cooperative agreement between the NPS and the BPR to build quality automotive roads within national parks. Although most road-related structures reflect utilitarian reconstruction of the 1980s, it retains its 1928 rustic log entrance station, original 1931 alignment, and 1939 entrance sign.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N274
Survey number: HAER AZ-43
Building/structure dates: 1930- 1931 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1931 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bureau of Public Roads
Hodgman & McVicar
Lindberg, O A
Thirion, Rudolph
Civilian Conservation Corps
Concrete Construction Company
McLaren, Robert E
Hurricane Sand & Gravel
W R Skousen Contracting
Anderson, Michael F, historian
Grogan, Brian C, photographer
Location
Grand Canyon (Ariz. : City), 36.05444, -112.14011
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html