Hoover Dam - II

This sire for the dam was selected because the canyon was narrow here and the dam would be as small as possible. This makes the view of Lake Mead seem puny. Nevertheless, it is the largest reservoir in the US.

I find it interesting that even the intakes have an Art Deco feel to them.

It seems a bit out of place to have, even in these very low water conditions, to have so much water sitting out in this clearly desert landscape.

Until 2010, traffic still crossed the dam. But in that year, the four-lane Hoover Dam Bypass opened on October 19.^[119] It includes a composite steel and concrete arch bridge, the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, 1,500 ft (460 m) downstream from the dam (Wikipedia).