Mike O’Callaghan—Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge A 1,900-foot span across the Colorado River shadows the Hoover Dam
Posted on 02/07/2010 2:31:49 PM PST by JoeProBono
Less than a mile downstream from one of the nation's best-known engineering marvels, the Hoover Dam, a second is taking shape.
A soaring 1,900-foot span across the gorge created by the Colorado River on the Arizona-Nevada border should be completed this fall, eliminating much of a sometimes hourlong bottleneck as traffic creeps over the dam on the key route between Phoenix and Las Vegas.
When it is scheduled to open in November, motorists will cross the longest bridge of its kind in the western hemisphere, with towering concrete columns that rise above a twin rib arch beneath them.
"It's pretty spectacular," said Sidney Spears, a 68-year-old retired truck driver from South Dakota, sitting at the dam and admiring the bridge 1,500 feet away. "This day and age, they are only limited by their imagination."
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Will they allow fishing from the bridge?
Mike O’Callaghan—Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge A 1,900-foot span across the Colorado River shadows the Hoover Dam
You couldn’t pay me enough to work on top of that thing! That is one scary job!
You can say that again...me either!
I was thinking they were screwing up the view of the dam but that picture makes it clear that the bridge is not really excessively close.
bump
46 posts and no has said “just Dam!” yet?
anyway, thanx for the pics. a remarkablke feat.
all one can saw : “WOW!”
...eliminating much of a sometimes hourlong bottleneck as traffic creeps over the dam on the key route between Phoenix and Las Vegas.Prostitution? Gambling? Alcohol? Obviously this bridge construction is an insult to Moslems. Thanks JoeProBono.
And who will be the first base jumper to dive off of it?
LOL...that's "pucked up"
I hear ya though. You should see it in person, it really is amazing.
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