The Bridge

[shatto]

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-arch-segment-6.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-evening-sunset-7.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-construction-10.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-Ironworkers-4.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-bridge-awaiting-decking-1.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-cable-stays-3.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-construction-9.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-arch-segment-8.jpg

http://media.smithsonianmag.com/images/Hoover-Dam-bridge-5.jpg

The O'Callaghan-Tillman Bridge
Approximately 1,500 feet south of the Hoover Dam.

[SgtJim]

i just saw this timelapse video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaex7fyJKg4


nice pix !

[gutro]

WOW!!!! I saw a thing on them building it a while ago... about how precise the explosives had to be when placing the foundation..... insane engineering!!!!!