Zion National Park Roads & Bridges, Springdale, Washington County, UT
Summary
Significance: The development of roads and bridges within Zion National Park and other parks and monuments of southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona is a direct result of regional tourism promoted by the early railroads, National Park Service, and regional commercial organizations. The circle tourism route, first developed in 1922 and continuing through today, was the organizing force which brought visitors to the regional parks and defined the requirements for early road systems.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N203
Survey number: HAER UT-72
Building/structure dates: after. 1860- before. 1960 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bureau of Public Roads
Utah State Road Commission
Arizona State Road Commission
Albright, Horace
Tufts, William O
Mather, Stephen T
Nevada Contracting Company
Raleigh-Lang Construction Company
Reynolds-Ely Construction Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Anderson, Michael F, historian
Grogan, Brian C, photographer
Location
springdale, 37.18887, -112.99855
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