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Navajo
Bridge - Wayside Observation Shelter
Location
of sign - Navajo Bridge on US 89 in Arizona
Photo
taken- July 2008
Text
of sign:
Wayside
Observation Shelter
Although
the historic Navajo Bridge was opened in 1929, the road from
Flagstaff to Kanab, Utah, wasn't paved completely until
1937.
The improved road encouraged automobile travel, and motorists often
stopped here to enjoy the views of the colorful
canyon
and the graceful steel arch bridge.
The
Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the Wayside Observation
Shelter between 1938 and 1941 to accommodate the
increase
in visitors to the site. The shelter's rustic architecture is
intended to resemble the remains of an early pioneer building and
is
typical
of the architecture you will see throughout the national park system
in the west.
Graphics on the Sign
In
addition to the text there is a drawing of the shelter by Cannon and
Associates, Inc. Consulting Engineers.
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