Taking shape, the new bridge at the Hoover Dam Creeping closer inch by inch, 900ft above the mighty Colorado River, the two sides of a $160million bridge at the Hoover Dam in America slowly take shape. The bridge will carry a new section of US Route 93 past the bottleneck of the old road which can be seen twisting and winding around and across the dam itself. When complete, it will provide a new link between the states of Nevada and Arizona . In an incredible feat of engineering, the road will be supported on the two massive concrete arches which jut out of the rock face. The arches are made up of 53 individual sections, each 24ft long , which have been cast on-site and are being lifted into place using an improvised high-wire crane strung between temporary steel pylons. .......................................................................................
I drove over the brige once. Got out at both ends and looked around. I couldn’t take the tour though because I had my dogs with me. I think they started the plans for this bridge after 9/11. Too easy a target for terorists with cars being allowed to drive on the dam. I belive the Dam road has been closed to large trucks ever since 9/11.
I'll pass on that one. I was in Vegas when I was 15 and they were handing out flyers for call girls/hooker to me on every corner with my parents 3 steps in front of my and my sister beside me.
That bridge is freakin scary lookin' when you see it in person! I see it on a regular basis. Construction was delayed when the wind blew a huge construction crane down. yeah, that's how windy it gets in that canyon. It'll definetly be an engineering marvel once complete and open...............markerdown
Been there, done that, got the hard hat. Guide: I'm your dam guide and this is my dam tour. You can ask all the dam questions you want. You can take all the dam photos you feel like. Haven't been out that way for at least 10 years, though. It's only 30 miles away but I just haven't bothered lately. The evidence of the drought and excessive draining of Lake Mead sucks....
