As I posted yesterday, we stopped briefly (20 minutes) at Hoover Dam on the way to the Grand Canyon. (Actually we didn't stop at Hoover Dam, but at a turnout overlooking the Dam.)
Here's a picture of Hoover Dam from the Arizona side. If you look carefully, you can see how the waterline has dropped (the white area) due to the drought (10 years according to the bus driver).
But one of the coolest things that I saw was the Hoover Dam Bypass (Colorado River Bridge) that they are currently building over the Colorado River and Hoover Dam. It will take US 93 directly over the river, instead of over the top of the Dam.
If you click on the title, it will take you to the Hoover Dam Bypass website (How cool is that, a website for a bridge with a webcam?) The website saids that it will be completed by late 2010, the bus driver said 2014. Who are you going to believe?
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