[ThePythonicCow]

Well they aren't building that bridge to bypass Hoover Dam for nothing!

Here's a nice shot of the approach under construction to what will be that bridge, downstream from Hoover Dam, on Google Maps: Hoover Dam Bypass.

According to http://www.hooverdambypass.org/, the approaches on both sides, from Nevada and Arizon, are four lane highways, two lanes each way.

[bruinbirdman]

"Google Maps: Hoover Dam Bypass."

There are plans for a Boulder City Bypass. It was planned and studied at the same time as the bridge. Bucks for bridge, no bucks to bypass the bottleneck of Boulder City, where I live, until the next transportation bill in 5 years.

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