Hoover Dam & Mike O'Callaghan -- Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

This short video is from two trips to Las Vegas in the last month. The shots from the bridge was Thanksgiving weekend 2010 and the shots at the Dam (and inside) were from 12/30/2010. The shot of the 30 food diameter pipe and generator was at the bottom of the dam on a tour.
Quick Facts: Mike O'Callaghan -- Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge "Hoover Dam Bypass"
Completed 2011
Design concrete-steel composite arch bridge
Total length 1,900 feet, Height 900 ft, Longest span 1,060 ft
Bridge is longest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere
The bridge is the 2nd highest in the United States
Hoover Dam Quick Facts:
Completed 1935
Hoover Dam is 726 feet high, 45 feet thick at the top and 660 feet at the bottom, and is larger than the Great Pyramid of Cheops.
Hoover Dam is filled with 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete, enough to pave a strip 16 feet wide and 8 inches thick from San Francisco to New York City

(Recorded 1080p 30FPS using Canon 7D and 15-85mm Lens)

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Beautiful area...can't wait to get back there!