Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 95000982 Body of water Virgin River | Built 1924 (1924) Opened 1924 Added to NRHP 4 August 1995 | |
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Location Bridge St. over E. Fork, Virgin R., Rockville, Utah Similar Virgin River, Zion – Mount Carmel H, Floor of the Valley Road | ||
Rockville bridge rockville utah top 5 facts
The Rockville Bridge spans the east fork of the Virgin River in Rockville, Utah, United States. The bridge was built for the National Park Service in 1924 to provide a link between Zion National Park and the North Rim area of Grand Canyon National Park. The new bridge allowed motorists to take a circular tour of the national parks in southern Utah and northern Arizona. The Rockville route was superseded in 1928 by the construction of the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway.
The bridge was designed by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads for the Park Service, fabricated by the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company, and erected by Ogden contractor C.F. Dinsmore. The bridge spans 217 feet (66 m) in a single span, using a steel twelve-panel Parker through-truss.
The Rockville Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 4, 1995.