[Tinstaafl]

Out in the hinterlands, on the way to hunting camp... This thing has been for sale for at least the last 15 years.

[SC sawdaddy]

I just got these via email. Pretty impressive.

Creeping closer inch by inch, 900 feet above the mighty Colorado River, the two sides of
a $160 million bridge at the Hoover Dam slowly take shape. The bridge will carry a new
section of US Route 93 past the bottleneck of the old road which can be seen 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.

The arches will eventually measure more than 1,000 feet across.
At the moment, the structure looks like a traditional suspension bridge.
But once the arches are complete, the suspending cables on each side will be removed.
Extra vertical columns will then be installed on the arches to carry the road.
The bridge has become known as the Hoover Dam bypass, although it is officially called
the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, after a former governor of Nevada
and an American Football player from Arizona who joined the US Army and was killed
in Afghanistan.
Work on the bridge started in 2005 and should finish next year. An estimated 17,000
cars and trucks will cross it every day.

The dam was started in 1931 and used enough concrete to build a road from New York
to San Francisco . The stretch of water it created, Lake Mead , is 110 miles long and
took six years to fill. The original road was opened at the same time as the famous dam in 1936.

An extra note: The top of the white band of rock in Lake Mead is the old waterline prior
to the drought and development in the Las Vegas area. It is over 100 feet above the
current water level.

[SC sawdaddy]

Here are some more

[Tinstaafl]

Originally Posted by SC sawdaddy

Hoover Dam Bypass

Holy. Macaroni.

If I ever wanted to collect on my wife's life insurance, all I'd have to do is take her over that bridge when it's done.

[Lester P.]

I saw that bridge in it's infancy about two years ago when I went to visit my in-laws in Vegas. An amazing feat of engineering. Looks like the arched columns line up pretty good too.

[mudpad]

Originally Posted by Tinstaafl

Out in the hinterlands, on the way to hunting camp... This thing has been for sale for at least the last 15 years.

Damn. that thing must be rotten by now.

[loneframer]

Originally Posted by mudpad

Damn. that thing must be rotten by now.

nah, it's perfect.

[mudpad]

Originally Posted by SC sawdaddy

I just got these via email. Pretty impressive.

Creeping closer inch by inch, 900 feet above the mighty Colorado River, the two sides of
a $160 million bridge at the Hoover Dam slowly take shape. The bridge will carry a new
section of US Route 93 past the bottleneck of the old road which can be seen 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.

The arches will eventually measure more than 1,000 feet across.
At the moment, the structure looks like a traditional suspension bridge.
But once the arches are complete, the suspending cables on each side will be removed.
Extra vertical columns will then be installed on the arches to carry the road.
The bridge has become known as the Hoover Dam bypass, although it is officially called
the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, after a former governor of Nevada
and an American Football player from Arizona who joined the US Army and was killed
in Afghanistan.
Work on the bridge started in 2005 and should finish next year. An estimated 17,000
cars and trucks will cross it every day.

The dam was started in 1931 and used enough concrete to build a road from New York
to San Francisco . The stretch of water it created, Lake Mead , is 110 miles long and
took six years to fill. The original road was opened at the same time as the famous dam in 1936.

An extra note: The top of the white band of rock in Lake Mead is the old waterline prior
to the drought and development in the Las Vegas area. It is over 100 feet above the
current water level.

I guess you carry your lunch when you go to work out there. Pretty tough to get to Sonic for a burger and fries.

[SC sawdaddy]

I've always liked Hoover Dam facts. I watch the building of HD every time I catch it on the History channel.

I wonder if they have an estimate on the completion date. Wouldn't you love to be the GC on that job?

[mudpad]

Originally Posted by loneframer

nah, it's perfect.

over easy with a little Tabasco please.

[mudpad]

Originally Posted by SC sawdaddy

I've always liked Hoover Dam facts. I watch the building of HD every time I catch it on the History channel.

I wonder if they have an estimate on the completion date. Wouldn't you love to be the GC on that job?

It would depend on what subs I got stuck with.

They did a show about Hoover Dam on American Experience awhile back. It was very interesting, I think a lot of the same film footage was in the History Channel show.

[Tinstaafl]

Not yer average icicles...

[knucklehead]

This little devil fell out from behind a shutter we took off of a house

[stp57]

A kid here in Texas died of rabies awhile back from just brushing against an infected bat. That thing didn't even bite him. It flew through his window at night.
Steve

Originally Posted by knucklehead

This little devil fell out from behind a shutter we took off of a house

[BSCi]

Diggin out a drywell, couldn't help it but the soil failed.

[user38755]

[mudpad]

Originally Posted by MetalBender

Looks like they started with an old Dodge Charger?

[stp57]

Looks photoshopped to me?
Steve

Originally Posted by mudpad

Looks like they started with an old Dodge Charger?

[Resta]

I think it's a water pumps, but I'm not sure.

[Resta]

Watzs izs dazs ??