Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Hoover Dam and Memorial Bridge

The Hoover Dam is big and bold.  And even though it is one of Civil Engineering's greatest feats The bridge wins out. The folks there call it the 'detour bridge' because the original road to travel was over the top of Hoover Dam.  You can still drive it but now it takes you to parking lots to park and tour the dam.  We took the tour of the dam and power plant.  They took you right inside to see the inner workings, the inspection sites and you even looked out one of the air vent on the dam face.



Hoover Dam is taller than the Glen Canyon Dam we saw in 2012 but Glen Canyon is longer.  Both are amazing engineering accomplishments along the Colorado River..

THE bridge is another amazing structure.  Several years ago an engineer from one of the firms who designed and worked on the construction came and made a presentation at the ODOT meeting in Columbus.  But seeing it in person.was Whoa!!









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