The now famous Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel was part of this highway project. Bored straight through the sandstone cliffs above Pine Creek Canyon, this 1.1-mile-long tunnel was first started in the ...

The 1.1-mile long tunnel is located on the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway and was opened in 1930 in an effort to make it easier for visitors to reach Zion Canyon from Bryce Canyon or the Grand Canyon.

Zion National Park’s Zion-Mount Carmel Highway and its historic bridges and tunnel offer the fastest route between Zion, Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon national parks. The famous tunnel was the ...

And those lucky few ticket holders traveled from across the West to hike the mile-long tunnel, which was carved out in the late 1920s, 800 feet above the floor of Zion Canyon and 20 feet inside a ...

The Zion National Park Service has a warning for those passing through the Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel: Oversized vehicles will get stuck. And that’s what happened to a Las Vegas-bound 18-wheeler ...

Zion National Park received a report that a semi-truck was stuck in the Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel. The 18-wheeled semi-truck was headed west bound when it became wedged in approximately 600 feet from ...

past Checkerboard Mesa and through Zion Tunnel to get to the main part of the park. It’s an awesome drive.” As scenic as the drive is, park officials say it is increasingly crowded and unsafe.

SPRINGDALE, Utah (ABC4) — A 19-year-old was killed in a motorcycle crash in the Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel on Independence Day evening, according to a Zion National Park news release. On Thursday ...

Zion National Park in Southern Utah plans to light up its historic Zion-Mount Carmel Highway Tunnel with lasers, but don’t bother rushing up there with your electronic dance music or Pink Floyd ...