Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook vicinity, Apache County, AZ

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60 data pages
3 photo caption pages
5 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Petrified Forest National Park Roads & Bridges, Holbrook vicinity, Apache County, AZ

CALL NUMBER:
HAER AZ-58

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 29 (4 x 5)
Data Page(s): 59 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 5

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER AZ-58

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N933).

Part of building/structure is in Petrified Forest National Park, Navajo County, AZ.

Significance: The Petrified Forest National Park is so designated for its scientific and educational value, in addition to its natural scenic beauty. Intersecting, and at times, overlaying, prehistoric and historic transportation corridors, the trunk-and-spur road system simultaneously provides access to, while protecting, petrified wood resources that are some 200 million years in the making. Thoughtful engineering and landscape design features conform to classic National Park Service road standards, including harmony with the surrounding terrain, the obliteration of construction scars, long and sweeping views, gradual grades, and meandering curves. Bridges and culverts are carefully designed as well, characterized by symmetry, utility and unobtrusiveness.The design and construction of the roads and bridges at Petrified Forest National Park reflect larger national trends, including the shift from rail tourism to auto travel and the increasing post-World War II reliance on roads for economic gain, including heritage tourism. The history of their construction reflects the application of New Deal work programs to improve the nation's transportation system, as well as the later infusion of federal funding as part of the "Mission 66" initiative. The roads and bridges reflect the prodigious effort by planners to imbue the American driving experience with education opportunities, scenic beauty and recreational relaxation.

SUBJECTS:
ARIZONA--Apache County--Holbrook vicinity
"Mission 66" program
Indians of North America
recreation

OTHER TITLE:
Petrified Forest National Park

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.az0476

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. Park entrance sign at interstate I-40. Looking N.
2. Entrance station kiosk at north entrance to park. Looking N.
3. Scenic overlook at Tiponi Point. Looking WNW.
4. Road turnout and stone guard wall near Tawa Point. Looking N.
5. Sandstone wall at Tawa Point scenic overlook. Note Painted Desert Inn at left rear. Looking NW.
6. Painted Desert Inn. Looking NW.
7. Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad over crossing. Looking NNE.
8. Road view towards Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad over crossing. Looking NNW.
9. Rio Puerco Bridge. Looking NNW.
10. Road view across Puerco Bridge. Looking NW.
11. Road view from Puerco Pueblo. Looking N.
12. Culverts at Blue Mesa Road. Looking E.
13. View of Blue Mesa Road at Intersection with Park Road. Looking E.
14. Road view near Agate Bridge. Looking N.
15. Culvert at Agate Bridge. Looking SW.
16. Culvert and retaining wall at Agate Bridge. Looking NW.
17. Road view at Crystal Forest. Note fence and curbing. Looking NW.
18. Culvert at Crystal Forest. Looking ENE.
19. Road view at Dry Wash near Crystal Forest. Looking E.
20. Culvert over crossing of Dry Wash near Crystal Forest. Looking E.
21. East fork Dry Wash Bridge. Looking WNW.
22. Dry Wash Bridge north of flattops. Looking NW.
23. Road view at Jim Camp Wash. Note Rainbow Museum at rear. Road is on east-west axis here as original design of Rainbow Museum area. Long Logs Road to left foreground. Park Road to right foreground. Looking W.
24. Rainbow Museum. Looking W.
25. Box culvert on Old Route 180. Looking NE.
26. Road view across Cottonwood Wash Bridge. Looking N.
27. Cottonwood Wash Bridge. Looking NW.
28. Entrance station kiosk at south entrance to park. Looking N.
29. South entrance station sign at Highway 180. Looking N.
30. Scenic overlook at Tiponi Point. Looking WNW.
31. Road view from Puerco Pueblo. Looking N.
32. Road view near Agate Bridge. Looking N.
33. East fork Dry Wash Bridge. Looking WNW.
34. Cottonwood Wash Bridge. Looking NW.

CONTROL #:
AZ0476

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