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The Old Fall River Road, sometimes referred to as "The Old Road" by park staff in
Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and ...
, was the first automobile road to penetrate the interior of the park. The road linked the east side of the park near
Estes Park Estes Park is a statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States Census. Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Cor ...
with Grand Lake on the west side. Work began in 1913 but was interrupted in 1914 by
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with final work being completed between 1918 and 1920. The narrow road was partly replaced by
Trail Ridge Road Trail Ridge Road is the name for the stretch of U.S. Highway 34 that traverses Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colorado in the east to Grand Lake, Colorado in the west. Together with the connecting Beaver Meadow Road ( U.S. High ...
in 1932, which incorporated sections of the Fall River Road. The road runs westward from Sheep Lakes to the
Alpine Visitor Center Rocky Mountain National Park's Alpine Visitor Center is located at 11,796 feet (3,595 m) above sea level at Fall River Pass, one mile west of the highest point on Trail Ridge Road and four miles east of the Continental Divide at Milner Pass in ...
. A rockslide closed the road in 1953 and it was not re-opened until 1968 when the
National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...
cleared the rocks and paved the lower third of the route. Both the one-way Old Fall River Road and the paved Trail Ridge Road are maintained and open to motor vehicles from Memorial Day weekend through the first major autumn snowstorm. Both roads are also open to bicycles from April 1 through November 30, but are not patrolled in the pre- and post-season times. Old Fall River Road may be closed for a time to all uses for maintenance.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Larimer County, Colorado __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Larimer County, Colorado. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Larimer County, Col ...


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Historic American Engineering Record Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes ...
(HAER) documentation, filed under Estes Park, Larimer County, CO: ** ** ** ** **
Road Status Report
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