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Title: Hoover dam
Post by: Vegasrandall on January 23, 2011, 06:39:08 PM

It was in the 60's here in the great satan's den of iniquity known to all as las vegas.I took my R 65 across hoover dam to the arizona side and back.
They have a new bridge that spans the gorge downstream from the dam and it is a thousand feet above the water of the colorado river.it carry's the interstate to arizona instead of having the bottleneck of the dam traffic.
http://gizmodo.com/5400495/the-hoover-dam-bypass-will-make-you-ooooh-and-aaaah

Title: Re: Hoover dam
Post by: nhmaf on January 23, 2011, 08:52:02 PM

The new bridge was quite a challenging engineering feat - I know that I'd REALLY hate to accidentally drive off the edge! [smiley=shocked.gif]

Title: Re: Hoover dam
Post by: Rob Valdez 79 R65 on January 23, 2011, 11:29:58 PM

That cat-walk would be a real challenge for me!

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Title: Re: Hoover dam
Post by: nhmaf on January 24, 2011, 10:59:58 AM

Whoa !   I'm generally not frightened by heights, but..

Title: Re: Hoover dam
Post by: Vegasrandall on January 24, 2011, 11:31:32 AM

I was on the dam looking up,I'll do the walk next time.