Hoover Dam By Pass Road

We've been hearing about this by-pass forever, about seven years. It's because the terrorists have slipped up on the ol' information pipeline and emailed that they'd love nothing more than to bomb America's infrastructure. Like nuclear power plants and dams. So no trucks and no vehicles with trailers on the dams, Hoover Dam included. Immediately our wise government decided to build a bypass road near the dam because it's a major trucking route. And, after all, if we just give up, the terrorists win.

Finally took a route that included the Hoover Dam, and we saw the Bypass under construction. You may hear how people call the Hoover Dam the 7th Man Made Wonder of the World.....
Well the Bypass will easily be the 8th.

In order for this roadway and bridge to bypass the Dam, it has to cross a canyon that's about a half a mile across. That's concrete, steel, and cables to transport semi trucks and buses across a huge canyon and the structure is about three quarters of a mile up in the air. Above the Colorado River. With the Hoover Dam BELOW.

As we passed over the Dam taking photos of the nearby Bypass under construction, I noticed that the tourists on the Dam were doing the same. Forget about the Dam, that's old news. This Bypass is CRAZY.



Pictures do not do it justice. It is WAAAY up in the air. And, as I said as we were looking at it, it is gi-normous.

Here's a close-up of the concrete forms...



And another view...



And then this is the Dam below...



Take note, terrorists. If you are planning to bomb this area and are using my pictures to plan your Jihad, then you better think twice. I will find you.