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The Hoover Dam Bypass project was completed within budget at a cost of $240 million; the bridge portion cost $114 million. [ 4 ] The bridge was the first concrete-steel composite deck arch bridge built in the United States, [ 5 ] and incorporates the widest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere.
A highway segment opened on October 19, 2010, in the area of Hoover Dam; [18] the Hoover Dam Bypass replaces a segment of US 93 over the dam that had been closed to truck traffic due to security concerns since the September 11 attacks in 2001. [19] The bypass crosses the Colorado River on a bridge downstream of the dam.
The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is a major tourist attraction, with 7 million tourists a year. [7] The heavily traveled U.S. Route 93 (US 93) ran along the dam's crest until October 2010, when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened.
State Route 93 Temporary (SR 93T or SR 93X) is an unsigned 2.13-mile (3.43 km) long state highway near the Hoover Dam in Mohave County. [2] The route was originally part of the US 93 segment that travelled over Hoover Dam. It was redesignated as SR 93X on January 1, 2011, following the completion of the Hoover Dam Bypass.
It was announced that because of Hoover's passion towards the project, the dam would be named after him. As construction began in 1931, so did the Great Depression. Workers flocked to Boulder City ...
The Hoover–Mead Security Zone encompasses 22 square miles (57 km 2) around Hoover Dam and Lake Mead; before the opening of the bypass, this included 3.3 miles (5 km) of U.S. Highway 93 (US 93). [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Vehicles had to pass through inspection checkpoints, located on US 93 one mile (1.6 km) north of the dam in Nevada , and nine miles (14 ...
(The Center Square) – Winter drivers in Wisconsin are getting an update to their road forecasts, just ahead of a weekend snow storm. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation on Wednesday ...
The bridge repairs include reconstruction of a small section of Route 7 on both sides of the bridge, a new safety railing and "concrete repairs," he wrote. In all, three bridges in Burrillville ...