[Earl Easter]

A buddy of mine sent me the story and a few photos. I guess i just don't watch the news as much as I should or the television stations just don't care for Great Americanism any longer...How many of you have known about this and seen the pictures as well?
THE WIDER VIEW:
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Taking shape, the new bridge at the Hoover Dam*Creeping closer inch by inch, 900 feet above the mighty Colorado River, the two side of a $160 million bridge at the Hoover Dam slowly takes shape.*
The bridge will carry a new section of US Route 93 past the bottleneck of the old road which can be 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 24 feet long which have been cast on-site and are being lifted into place using an improvised high-wire crane*strung between temporary steel pylons.
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[Oxford]

Earl...I've taken the time to open each of the pics, enlarge them fully, and look over the details shown. That's got to be one of the 21's century's new wonders of the world. It's an incredible feat, probably using more technolodgy then ever before in bridge construciton.

That bridge will be a "must see" site for anyone traveling in that area...and could stimulate the economy in some ways unknown at this time.

Great post, Earl!

[captsquirrel]

It's on the news regularly here. But then again it's being built here. lol
It's going to make a huge difference in traffic since people won't have to drive across the dam itself.

[Earl Easter]

Your welcome Ox and thanks for viewing.

You know i sit here after pheasant hunting is ended. And I read.............
I am tempted to fly my Dads American Flag upside down for the mere fact that this country is certainly in distress, danger and needs help. I read all that have done this with due respect as an act of true patriotism as many will disagree, that it would be an American Mistake........

I will however restrain as i read things of this nature and combat my true feelings directed in a positive manner to more of progress that no one seems to widely publish any more..
As the depressing winter lingers on, I would also like to know how many here have wanted
to fly there flag upside down?...As i said, I will force myself as a positive for now and hope that I
will never fly the Flag upside down.......................................

[jmp8927]

Wouldn't you love to be the ones up there working on that thing...

[Paul T]

Yea but truckers will have to still take the long way around. The last time I drove across the dam was about 12 years ago. What a ride.

[Kentucky Fan]

That is impressive.

[Cyrano]

Two comments:

1. That bridge is ruining the view of the dam, which in my opinion is one of the modern wonders of the world.

2. Anyone besides me notice how low the water level behind the dam is? The last time I saw a photo of the water being that far down, the lake was still in the process of filling. If the level continues to drop, there is going to be both a water and power shortage in the areas dependent on Hoover Dam.

[ScottA320]

I was in Vegas in September for a work conferance and took a day trip to Hoover Dam. The bridge is huge! It's officially named the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge but is called the Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. I think everyone knows who Pat Tillman is. We actually took a raft trip down the river so we got to see the thing from the bottom of the canyon. Very impressive. And yes the water level was way down. Look at the mark on the walls of the canyon on the lake side, several hundred feet from the looks of it.

[Sooner Shooter]

Isn't this construction because of 9/11?

[FortyXDM]

Great post Earl, and I think you may be right Sooner.
I have been over the dam several times. The first time is always a surprise. Its like you are going down in a hole and has the optical illusion of being smaller than it actually is. I would have loved to have watched some of that construction.
Amazing feat of architecture.

[wunhunglo]

Great project to work on I would say.

Hope the locals there don't have the same problem we had when our big bridge project was finished.......................People came from hundreds of miles, just to jump off (without Parachutes). We normally smelled them on the beach beside my house after a few days!

[White Rook]

Quote:       Originally Posted by wunhunglo

Great project to work on I would say. Hope the locals there don't have the same problem we had when our big bridge project was finished.......................People came from hundreds of miles, just to jump off (without Parachutes). We normally smelled them on the beach beside my house after a few days!

I heard on the radio a few days ago that somewhere in England a girl was on a bridge and she was threatening to jump. They said traffic was backed up for miles. People were calling into radio stations requesting them to play Van Halen's "JUMP" and turning up their radios so she could hear it....

[wunhunglo]

Quote:      

They said traffic was backed up for miles. People were calling into radio stations requesting them to play Van Halen's "JUMP" and turning up their radios so she could hear it....

I can understand that, sheer hell when the traffic's backed up and you're on your way home!

Cops & Coastguard spent hours searching one day when a pair of shoes was found on the walkway at the side of the Bridge. Seems some motorist had parked at the layby at end of bridge, walked across, and changed his shoes when he got back to his car put his old ones on the roof as he got in to drive and forgot about them. Another motorist called the local radio station after he heard about the search, said he's seen the shoes fall off the car.

[Archetype_wyo]

Quote:       Originally Posted by jmp8927

Wouldn't you love to be the ones up there working on that thing...

Gives me the willies just lookin at them standing on that thing without a harness. I see they got porta-potties...don't think I could pinch a drop if I was up on that thing.

[captsquirrel]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Sooner Shooter

Isn't this construction because of 9/11?

This is being built because the dam is one lane in each direction. Traffic gets congested easily. One accident and traffic backs up for miles upon miles.

[DaTeacha]

There are quite a few incredible bridges around the world, but that definitely will rank right up there in the list. I saw a pic of one that crosses a gorge that fills with clouds so it looks like you're driving out onto air.

[MrsS]

Thks for sharing all the pics...I enjoyed every one of them!

[Earl Easter]

Your Welcome MrsS.
Good to see you around now and then....Earl

[Sooner Shooter]

Quote:       Originally Posted by FortyXDM

Great post Earl, and I think you may be right Sooner. I have been over the dam several times. The first time is always a surprise. Its like you are going down in a hole and has the optical illusion of being smaller than it actually is. I would have loved to have watched some of that construction. Amazing feat of architecture.

Modern Marvels on cable has The Building of Hoover Dam on from time to time. I've seen it several times now but if it's on I'll watch it. Amazing feat!