Looks like it must have been a very similar construction technique. But
I suppose there are only just so many ways to span a chasm you can't
just surmount by dropping a long girder across to begin with.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/29/2010 7:44 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 11/21/2010 12:20 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Colorado%20River%20Bridge/index.htm>
>>
>> This is the new (Oct. 2010) Colorado River Bridge adjacent to Hoover Dam
>> outside Las Vegas.
>
> Ah yes, I dropped my Nikon Ftn on concrete inside that dam. A little ding,
> but no effect on operation. The OMs may have
> been a gleam in Maitani's eye in '69.
>
> My son and his new bride drove by on their honeymoon in Aug./Sept. before it
> was finished. I hope to see it in person soon.
>
>> ... One can still drive across the dam in a car but all are subject to
>> inspection.
>
> In a inter-generational connection, my parents drove across it on their
> honeymoon during WWII. All traffic was strictly
> blacked out in escorted convoys. They said they could barely see the car in
> front, let alone the dam. It was thought to
> be an obvious target for the Japanese. It turns out they did have a project
> that built small, submarine launched
> bombers. Fortunately, it didn't get far enough along soon enough to be
> successful.
>
>> Some construction photos here including shots from the downstream side of
>> the dam.<http://www.mansanity.com/colorado-river-bridge/>
>
> Ooh, thanks for those! It wasn't quite clear to me just how they were
> building a bridge in the mountains of Mexico East
> of Puerto Vallarta in 2005. This and the next shot were taken on the way up.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/Mexico/Puerto_Vallarta_2005&image=DSCF0759cria80m.jpg>
>
> From that high vantage point on the road, a very sketchy road wound down
> the canyon to our crossing at this ford. It
> would obviously be impassable after rains.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/Mexico/Puerto_Vallarta_2005&image=DSCF0762ia75.jpg>
>
>
> This was taken from down by the ford as we drove back in the late afternoon.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/Mexico/Puerto_Vallarta_2005&image=CRW_2212ia.jpg>
> Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't have cropped it; the canyon doesn't look as deep as
> it is.
>
> In the final coincidence, the woman who has cleaned our house for over 25
> years is from a village across this ford, now
> bridge, and up the same road, but even deeper into the mountains than we
> went. I only discovered this when I was talking
> to her about our vacation. Unlike Meg Whitman, though, my late wife helped
> Rosa become a citizen and I pay her Social
> Security tax.
>
> A. Synchronous Moose
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