When we drove past Hoover Dam in February, they were only this far on the new bridge:
They’ve made a lot of progress in almost five months:
And because my favorite things to take photos of while on a trip are odd architectural elements, here are some more random snaps from Hoover Dam:
I would have gotten out of the car and taken some photos that were a little more detailed, but it was nearly 100 degrees outside, so . . . nuts to that!
One thing I found kind of alarming — take a look at the water level in the reservoir (Lake Mead). The white band on the mountain sides shows how high the water level was behind the dam for a very long time:
There’s speculation that Lake Mead will run out of water by 2021: “The lake created by Hoover Dam provides 90% of Las Vegas’ water and is less than half full, giving the edge of the lake a bath tub ring visible even far away by air.”
