Rockville in Washington County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Rockville Bridge

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 12, 2014

1. Rockville Bridge Marker

Inscription. Constructed in 1924, the Rockville Bridge incorporates distinctive characteristics in its method of construction and is the only surviving example of a rigid Parker through truss type bridge in the state of Utah. The Rockville Bridge is historically significant in the region as the first direct link between Zion National Park and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Between 1924 and 1928 the Rockville Bridge provided the primary automobile route from Utah's National Parks to the Grand Canyon.

Erected 1996 by Town of Rockville.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. A significant historical year for this entry is 1924.

Location. 37° 9.535′ N, 113° 2.266′ W. Marker is in Rockville, Utah, in Washington County. It is on Bridge Road 0.2 miles south of Utah Route 9, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rockville UT 84763, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Color Country. It is also in the American Southwest,

in the Mountain West,

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North

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America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Rockville Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Grafton Cemetery (approx. 2.4 miles away); Grafton, Utah (approx. 2½ miles away); Discovery of Zion Canyon (approx. 3 miles away); Historic Irrigation Ditch (approx. 3.4 miles away); Birth of a Park (approx. 4 miles away); Promised Land (approx. 4 miles away); Westward Expansion (approx. 4 miles away).

More about this marker. There is a marker (duplicate) on each side of the bridge.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 12, 2014

2. Rockville Bridge Marker

Virgin River Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 12, 2014

3. Virgin River Bridge Marker

Virgin River Bridge built for the National Park Service 1924. Minneapolis Steel and Machine Co. Fabricator C.F. Dinsmore Co. Erectors

Rockville Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 12, 2014

4. Rockville Bridge

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, June 12, 2014

5. Rockville Bridge

Credits. This page was last revised on May 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 732 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 20, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.