I have been fascinated by the Hoover Dam’s new bypass bridge for years! Whenever I go over the dam on my way to Vegas, I stare at the overpass bridge. This overpass will cut the trip by at least 30 min to an hour, I think. The tourists down on the road that goes over the actual dam and the lookie-loos really clog up the passing through people. And the terrorist inspection points 5 miles from either side of the dam will hold up traveling quite a bit, too. I posted this pic on an earlier post.
But, this one I took actually shows the overpass’s “fingers” and where it will join together.
When this oeverpass is finally finished, the view to Lake Mead should be awesome – much better than this pic, taken from the Nevada side while I was driving the car.
The new overpass will allow trucking to get to Vegas and points beyond faster, too, because they have to get there the long way around – the inspection points will not allow semi trucks.
So, about 5 yrs after the first bucket of dirt was moved, we will get a great new overpass. If you want to know more stats and specs about the overpass, check out Hoover Dam bypass bridge an epic marvel , by Sean Holstege – Jul. 17, 2009 12:00 AM
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Cool photo. I have been shooting the progress every time I go to Vegas. I am going again the end of the month. It may not be the engineering marvel the dam is, but it is great too. Proof of what humans can do if given the chance. Thanks, bw.