Rockville Bridge (Rockville, Utah)

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 The Rockville route was superseded in 1928 by the construction of the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway.[2]

Rockville Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Rockville Bridge in 1993
Location	Bridge St. over E. Fork, Virgin R., Rockville, Utah
Coordinates	37°9′30″N 113°2′16″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924
Built by	Dinsmore, C. F.; Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co.
NRHP reference No.	95000982[1]
Added to NRHP	August 4, 1995

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.[2]

The Rockville Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Troutman, Mary; Jordan, Coby (June 1995). "National mRegister of Historic Places Registration Form: Rockville Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

External links

Media related to Rockville Bridge (Virgin River) at Wikimedia Commons

• The Rockville Bridge
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. UT-74, "Rockville Bridge, Spanning North Fork Virgin River at Rockville cut-off, Rockville, Washington County, UT", 5 photos, 1 photo caption page