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Southwest Circle Tour Roads and Bridges Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon North Rim National Parks Cedar Breaks, Pipe Spring National Monuments Kaibab, Dixie National Forests
In 1925, the Utah Road Commission continued its federal aid projects with new roads from Cedar City south to Toquerville (Highway 91) and from Kanab north toward Bryce Canyon (U.S. Highway 89). The southern segment remained the circle's weak link to regional tourism. The same year, Utah state crews completed the "Rockville Shortcut," which spanned the Virgin River with a $40,000 steel truss bridge built by the NPS in 1924, and continued around Smithsonian Butte toward Pipe Spring. This bridge and roadtoday a Bureau of Land Management "scenic backway"shortened the drive to Pipe Spring by 30 miles. Nonetheless, engineers of the Bureau of Public Roads and Utah Road Commission were already planning a new road to run directly east from Zion National Park and shorten distances to Bryce and the Grand Canyon's North Rim.
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