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End Of Road Construction At Arches National Park To Be Celebrated With Free Entrance

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By NPT Staff - December 1st, 2017

An entrance-fee-free weekend will be celebrated at Arches National Park on December 9-10 to mark the end of this year's lengthy road construction/Kurt Repanshek file

The National Park Service is waiving entrance fees to Arches National Park in Utah on the weekend of December 9-10 to celebrate completion of the months-long 3R road construction project in the park, and to thank everyone for their patience during the project.

Park officials invite the public to visit Arches that weekend to see the road improvements that were made during the nine-month-long project, and enjoy the park during a quieter, less crowded time of year.

The previous park roads were built from 1957 to 1962 and designed for approximately 75,000 visitors per year. Arches National Park’s visitation exceeded 1.5 million in 2016, so the roads and pullouts were in need of upgrades to accommodate this dramatic increase in use.

Road work resurfaced, restored, and rehabilitated approximately 23 miles of roads and pullouts in the park, including along the entrance road (from U.S. Highway 191 to the visitor center), main park road, the campground road, and other spur roads and loops.

The Federal Highway Administration paid for the project with approximately $16 million of gas taxes. Due to installation of a new water tank and subsequent water testing, Devils Garden Campground remains closed, but is scheduled to reopen sometime in December.

The park visitor center hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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