Hoover Dam was built between 1931 and 1936 and borders Nevada and Arizona and backs up Lake Meade. It’s only a few miles from Las Vegas so on a recent trip to sin city I had to make the journey. A new bypass bridge has been built as a result of 911. It was thought that terrorists would drive across the main dam with a truck load of explosives and do the dam in. The old dam was also an impediment to transportation. It’s narrow two-lane road stalled traffic for hours as tourists strolled the length of the dam. The new bridge is a monument to engineering and is amazing to look as as well as cross.
New bridge under construction (photo stolen from the internet).
Aerial view of the new bridge (photo stolen from the internet). 
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I stole even more from the Internet.
I took these photos.
