A couple of days ago we spent the morning visiting Hoover Dam and the new Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial bypass bridge. We walked all the way across the bridge from Nevada to Arizona and back. We had driven across a couple of days earlier with the rig, but you can't see the dam from the driving lanes. Later we parked in the visitor center parking garage and walked on the dam from one state to the other and back again.
Looking down at the dam from the bridge.
Hoover Dam nestled between the steep walls of the Black Canyon.
Lake Mead behind the dam.
The parking garage for the visitor's center. Notice how they built it to fit around the rock and power line towers.
What a beautiful day, blue sky and blue water.
Looking down the sidewalk to the Nevada side from the apex.
Plaque embedded in the sidewalk in the center.
Looking at the Arizona side. The walkway starts on the Nevada side and dead ends on the Arizona side. Most people only walk out a short distance, enough to see the dam and turn around. We enjoyed walking all the way to the end.
View from one side of the bridge to the other.
Now we are walking across the dam looking up at the bridge.
It's a long, long way down. If you can see those two white specs in the middle towards the top of the picture, they are actually trucks for the people working down there.
The Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge.
