South Entrance Road, Between South park boundary & Village Loop Road, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ
Summary
Significance: The 1928 alignment of South Entrance Road is significant as an early example of the cooperative agreement between the NPS and BPR to build quality automotive roads within national parks. The 1954 alignment is significant as the first park road built in response to growing numbers of visitors following World War II in the Mission 66 style of utilitarian structures.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N276
Survey number: HAER AZ-45
Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1954 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bureau of Public Roads
Givens Construction Company
Vallandingham, James
Sorenson Construction Co
Fisher Contracting Company
Peters, W H
Kuehl, A C
Casson, Jack
D O Norton & Sons
Anderson, Michael F, historian
Grogan, Brian C, photographer
Location
Grand Canyon (Ariz. : City), 36.05607, -112.11619
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