Not a construction crew I'd be happy as a part of

[kz_blogorambling]

I was caught up in reporting on the fire response that I never wrote much about the Hoover Dam visit.

The really stunning thing was seeing the work on the bypass, which is going to be a big ass arch deck bridge over the Colorado.




When we were there, they didn't have the arch built yet, but did have the longest support column that was anchored to the canyon on the AZ side. On the right, in the rendering above.

Here's a snap:





Let me tell you, my stomach turned over just looking at it. It is HIGH.

Comments

[bristlesage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, NO THANKS.

That water line on the lake side is hard to look at.

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

Now that you mention it... I think they used a really old photo for that--there's a lot more chalky-white showing now.

[bristlesage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm sure it's an old photo--it's looked worse than that for awhile now.

[pucette.livejournal.com]

Wow, that really ruins the whole dam (intentionally un-punned) view. And, the high thing. But ugh.

[unclebill35.livejournal.com]

They are going to have to re-jigger the Grand Theft Auto games.

[democritus.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool. Now, when Hayduke blows up the dam, we can still drive to Vegas, baby!