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THE WIDER VIEW: Taking Shape, The New Bridge At The Hoover Dam
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| July 04th 2009
Posted on 07/05/2009 10:52:05 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Teacher317
are they going to have a walk way on that bridge?
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posted on
07/05/2009 4:29:20 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
To: All
Updated pics I rcv'd in email today, not sure how current they are. One section left on the roadway arches:
Looking South
Looking Northeast
Nice Aerial Shot
Closeup of cablework on towers
Closeup of arch construction
Closeup of arch with dam in background
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posted on
10/15/2009 8:37:59 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
To: Steelfish; Teacher317; reg45; Flycatcher; machogirl; Vendome; fieldmarshaldj; Lockbar; ...
Updated pics of the construction of the Hoover Dam bypass bridge that y’all commented on way back in July.
>2 MB of pics.
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posted on
10/15/2009 8:44:36 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
To: Ready4Freddy
Thanks for the updated pics. As it so happens, I just crossed the dam yesterday (for the one-millionth time) and there are now columns rising from the arch span.
Last I heard, the project should be done before Christmas of 2010.
Now that's a Christmas present I can appreciate (though ties are nice too).
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:00:59 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
Hey Flycatcher, glad I was able to pass them along. Any idea what time frame these pics were? If the columns on the spans are well under way, these pics were probably taken Aug / early Sept (at the latest)?
Did you notice the kayaks in the pic of the cable towers?
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:11:17 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Everyone knows there's a difference between muslims & terrorists... no one knows what it is, though.)
To: Ready4Freddy
There are about six colums now rising from the middle of the arch span (which you can see in the second pic of your recent photo post). They're not very high yet -- maybe each one is ten or twenty feet high -- so I would date your photos at (maybe) one month old.
Yes, things move fast at the construction site!
As for the kayakers, I did notice them. Just a little downstream, there is a launch area where local kayak sightseeing companies launch their tours. I would venture to say that these kayakers paddled upstream a short ways to watch the marvel that will soon be the magnificent bypass bridge.
No, we may not be able to build magnificent dams anymore, but America sure can build magnificent bypasses!
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posted on
10/15/2009 9:29:26 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Ready4Freddy
Great pics, thanks for posting ‘em. Can’t wait to see the bridge completed.
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posted on
10/15/2009 10:47:28 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Ready4Freddy
Thanks for the pics. Since I have a fear of heights, I can’t imagine what it must have been one of the rope guys working on the dam, and these guys working on the bridge. Really nice, clear pictures.
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posted on
10/17/2009 6:53:48 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline.)
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