Hoover Dam

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Ramp too the Bridge (2011-03-11) This ADA compliant ramp provides access to The US 93 Bypass Bridge.

The Bypass Bridge (2011-03-11) The bypass bridge viewed from the Hoover Dam Parking Lot.

Handsome Couples in a Handsome Car (2011-03-11) This set of handsome couples in a handsome car asked me to take their photo with their camera. In return for the favor, I took one with my camera.

Motorcyclists (2011-03-11) A pack of motorcyclists are visiting Hoover Dam.

Parking Lot and Spillway (2011-03-11) A view of the parking lot and spillway at Hoover Dam.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area (2011-03-11) This is the entrance to Lake Mead National Recreation Area heading North on US 93.

Approaching Hoover Dam (2011-03-11) Approaching Hoover Dam from the South on US 93.

Colorado River Overlook (2011-03-11) A view of the Lake Mead area from US 93.

US 93 Approaching Hoover Dam (2011-03-11) Approaching Hoover Dam at Exit 2 in Arizona.

u93 (2011-03-11) Approaching Hoover Dam on US 93 from the Arizona Side.

View Point Trail (2011-03-11) A handicap accessible trail was carved into this rock at the Hoover Dam overlook.

Interpretive Display (2011-03-11) There are multiple interpretive displays on the way to view the dam.

Access Trail (2011-03-11) The access trail at Hoover Dam is handicap accessible and wide enough for people to pass comfortably.

Stairway (2011-03-11) Most the people were taking the stairway short cut to the overview.

Interpretive Displays (2011-03-11) The trail to the Hoover Dam overlook has numerous interpretive displays. This one is in a cement enclosed space.

US93 Walkway (2011-03-11) A walkway on the US93 Bypass bridge provides a spectacular view of Hoover Dam.

Hoover Dam (2011-03-11) Hoover Dam viewed from the U93 Bypass Road.

Lake Mead (2011-03-11) Hoover Dam holds back Lake Mead.

Kingman Access Road (2011-03-11) Prior to the US 93 Access Road, US93 went across the crest of the dam and crawled along this section of road now called the Kingman Access Road.

Hoover Dam (2011-03-11) Hoover Dam plugs the Colorado River South of Las Vegas between Nevade and Arizona. I am viewing the dam from the new access bridge completed in 2010.

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Hoover Dam

This gallery shows images of Hoover Dam, the Hoover Dam by pass bridge and Lake Mead taken on a trip in 2011 (a year after the completion of the bypass bridge.)

Hoover Dam, also called Boulder Dam, was constructed from 1931 to 1936. It was started in the Hoover administration and completed in the Roosevelt administration. Naming a public work's project after the president who funded it is a bit controversial.

The Dam is built on the Black Canyon of the Colorado between Mohave County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada.

Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the US. It covers 247 sq miles and holds back some 26 million acre feet of water. It was named after Elwood Mead who was the director of the Bureau of Reclamation at the time of the dam's construction.

Context: Lakes

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