Bryce Canyon National Park: Road Work – Bryce Canyon UT

City:
Bryce Canyon, UT

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1934

Completed:
1941

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) performed road work in Bryce Canyon National Park from 1934-1941.  The CCC made grading improvements on the Rim Road (the 20 mile-long road through the park) and built service roads.  The exact locations of such work cannot be ascertained today, but the roads are still there.

The CCC also built parking lots at the Bryce Canyon Lodge and the headquarters building in 1936 and 1939.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) did some road work as well, in 1938-1941.

Source notes

Park rangers and architectural inventory report from the 1990s (typescript obtained from rangers)

Site originally submitted by Richard Walker on July 28, 2016.

Location Info


Bryce Canyon Rd.
Bryce Canyon , UT 84764
Garfield County

Location notes: pin drop along Bryce Canyon Scenic Road (the park's main road)

Coordinates: 37.609515, -112.18272

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