Rim Rock Drive
Mesa County, United States
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Rim Rock Drive is a 23-mile scenic road winding through Colorado National Monument between Fruita and Grand Junction, Colorado. Designed in 1932 by the National Park Service Branch of Engineering and Branch of Plans and Design in the National Park Service Rustic style, the road was routed the previous year by NPS Engineer Thomas W. Secrest to maximize scenic impact along the upper rim of a series of canyons. Constructed primarily through manual labor by workers from the Works Progress Administration, Public Works Administration, and Civilian Conservation Corps, the project represents a significant Depression-era public undertaking, requiring extensive drilling, blasting, and the boring of three tunnels. Work was interrupted by World War II from 1942 to 1948 and completed in 1950, at one point employing more than 800 men. The entire road has been designated a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.
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- road
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places contributing property
- Place
- Mesa County, United States
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