The Great Arch of Zion
by Jemmy Archer
Title
The Great Arch of Zion
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Jemmy Archer
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Photograph - Photograph
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The Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway winds its way into Zion National Park. Outstanding works of man and nature compete for attention along this route. The road, completed in 1930, was considered an "almost impossible project", an engineering marvel of its time. Built across rough up-and-down terrain, it connects lower Zion Canyon with the high plateaus to the east. Two narrow tunnels, including one 1.1 miles long, were drilled and blasted through the cliffs to finish the construction job.
As you travel from one side of the long tunnel to the other, the landscape changes dramatically. On one side lies Zion Canyon with its massive cliff walls. The colossal size of the canyon is matched by one of the most striking attractions along this road - "the Great Arch of Zion", a "blind" arch carved high in a vertical cliff wall.
Information courtesy of the National Park Service.
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March 27th, 2014
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