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Road work will require some nightly closures of the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway next week/NPS

Road work will require nightly closures of the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway next week/NPS

Beginning Tuesday roadwork in Zion National Park in Utah will create some traffic delays at various times.

The work will involve redefining the center line and fog lines to improve safety and overall appearance. It will start Tuesday evening at the South Entrance of the park. Visitors should expect delays with traffic control:

  • 9 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6, to 6 a.m. on Wednesday, September 7.

While the roadwork is happening Wednesday and Thursday evenings, a construction contractor will close the road from Canyon Junction to the East Entrance. The Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway will close:

  • 9 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, to 6 a.m. on Thursday, September 8.
  • 9 p.m. on Thursday, September 8, to 6 a.m. on Friday, September 9.

Park staff anticipates reopening the road during the day. The following week starting Monday, September 12 through Thursday, September 15, road crews are scheduled to be striping the Kolob Terrace and Kolob Canyons roads. Updates about road status can be found at go.nps.gov/ZionCurrentConditions.

If you need to travel to the other side of the park while roadwork is scheduled, consider alternate routes such as:

  • Utah 20.
  • Utah 14.
  • US 89 – Arizona 389 – Utah 59. 

Engineers and construction workers are improving a historic route originally constructed as part of the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway and Tunnel construction project from 1927 to 1930. Learn more about this historic engineering achievement and other unique aspects of the park on the park's website or by attending a ranger program during your visit.

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