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public projects. Extensive drilling and blasting was required, and three tunnels were bored. Work was suspended by the Second World War from 1942 to 1948, and was finally completed in 1950. At its height, the project employed more than 800 men.
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The detailed design for the road was developed in 1932 by the National Park Service Branch of Engineering and Branch of Plans and Design for maximum scenic impact, using the
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style. Most of the road was constructed with almost entirely manual labor by labor from the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado National Monument
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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Simmons, R. Laurie; Simmons, Thomas H.; McKoy, Kathy (January 1994).
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National Register of Historic Places in Colorado National Monument
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Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado
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Engineer Thomas W. Secrest during a visit to the monument.
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The routing of the road was determined in November 1931 by
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Rim Rock Drive is located in Colorado
Rim Rock Drive is located in the United States
Grand Junction, Colorado
39°3′25″N 108°42′4″W / 39.05694°N 108.70111°W / 39.05694; -108.70111
MPS
94000310
Colorado National Monument
Fruita, Colorado
Grand Junction, Colorado
National Register of Historic Places

National Park Service
National Park Service Rustic
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Depression-era
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Rim Rock Drive"
"From the Past Into the Future: Building Rim Rock Drive"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Rim Rock Drive"
cite journal
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