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Technical Discussion => Ride Reports and Event Reviews => Topic started by: Vegasrandall on February 29, 2012, 11:37:06 AM

Title: Hoover dam,las vegas
Post by: Vegasrandall on February 29, 2012, 11:37:06 AM

If you are touring and want to cross the dam you can only access the dam from the nevada side.the arizona side is blocked off and you have to cross the new bridge featuring awesome crosswinds and a view that you are afraid to look at, 1000' down to the colorado river.

Title: Re: Hoover dam,las vegas
Post by: Bob_Roller on February 29, 2012, 02:18:57 PM

Here's an overload of pictures, during construction, and the finished bridge .

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-701-s&sz=all&va=hoover+dam+bypass+bridge&vm=r


I have a coworker that drove over the bridge when she helped move her daughter from Phoenix to Las Vegas .

From her description, there are tall walls on the bridge and you don't even know that you are so high from the river, at least from a passenger car, maybe a truck is a different story .

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoS3XkE5PFVkAunmJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26va%3Dhoover%2Bdam%2Bbypass%2Bbridge%26vm%3Dr%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701-s%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D4&w=1024&h=768&imgurl=images.travelpod.com%2Ftripwow%2Fphotos%2Fta-00cc-797a-bc73%2Fnew-hoover-dam-bypass-bridge-las-vegas-united-states%2B1152_12950109140-tpfil02aw-8771.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftripwow.tripadvisor.com%2Fslideshow-photo%2Fnew-hoover-dam-bypass-bridge-las-vegas-united-states.html%3Fsid%3D13400442%26amp%3Bfid%3Dupload_12950109140-tpfil02aw-8771&size=67.1+KB&name=New+Hoover+Dam+Bypass+Bridge+%7C+TripAdvisor%E2%84%A2&p=hoover+dam+bypass+bridge&oid=9056a6c1e80e6783b5bb92f386a696c1&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-701-s&tt=New%2BHoover%2BDam%2BBypass%2BBridge%2B%257C%2BTripAdvisor%25E2%2584%25A2&b=0&ni=288&no=4&tab=organic&ts=&vm=r&sigr=14vp0l1rv&sigb=13tel34m2&sigi=14ej617tu&.crumb=Rn0MK9sCkeP



She said it was pretty anti-climatic, she as envisioning a real 'thrill', but didn't get it !!!!

Title: Re: Hoover dam,las vegas
Post by: nhmaf on February 29, 2012, 05:28:16 PM

Personally, I'd be kinda scared to ride that bridge on a windy day, unless there were some substantial walls to keep from getting blown off the side!