The bridge is called the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge on US Route 93 and will provide a new method to cross the Colorado River just down river from Hoover Dam at Lake Mead.
The length of the new bridge will be 1900 feet with a main span of 1080 feet. This will be the first steel-concrete composite bridge in the United States. Pedestrians will be able to walk and cross the bridge. When the new bridge is completed in the fall of 2010 we will no longer be able to drive over the Hoover Dam. The bridge will improve travel times, be safer for tourists and drivers, and safeguard the dam from accidents and attacks.
The length of the new bridge will be 1900 feet with a main span of 1080 feet. This will be the first steel-concrete composite bridge in the United States. Pedestrians will be able to walk and cross the bridge. When the new bridge is completed in the fall of 2010 we will no longer be able to drive over the Hoover Dam. The bridge will improve travel times, be safer for tourists and drivers, and safeguard the dam from accidents and attacks.
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Pretty spectacular pictures of all the work being done now. They've really made some progress since Jim and I drove thru there almost 2 years ago!!
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It's been 2 years since we were this way and yes, they have made some amazing progress. Rick took almost all the photos, but I did take a couple. You don't see that there were hundreds of pedestrians and sight-seers, although the pull-out parking areas were fairly empty. Perhaps they all came on tour buses from Vegas.
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