# Hoover dam bypass bridge **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 17, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085 "2008-03-17T14:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timmay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@timmay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/timmay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/1 "2008-03-17T14:33:29Z")
![](http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/4544/seagullviewrendering100lt4.jpg) ![http://www.hooverdambypass.org/images/CO%20River%20xing.jpg](http://www.hooverdambypass.org/images/CO%20River%20xing.jpg) [http://www.hooverdambypass.org](http://www.hooverdambypass.org) ---
**Author:** ![McBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@McBitchin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McBitchin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/2 "2008-03-17T14:36:52Z")
:wow thats huge ---
**Author:** ![timmay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@timmay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/timmay)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/3 "2008-03-17T14:39:29Z")
> [@1.8tV-Dub](#): > > :wow thats huge Its the lighting, but thank you ;D ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/4 "2008-03-17T14:41:57Z")
you cant understand the full scale of how big that will be unless you have been there :bowdown ---
**Author:** ![Allstar\_Graphics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/allstar_graphics/32/6287_2.png) [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/5 "2008-03-17T15:31:31Z")
that bridge would be crazzyy…20 lanes wide, haha ---
**Author:** ![b18c\_ej8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@b18c\_ej8](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b18c_ej8)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/6 "2008-03-17T19:09:37Z")
[http://live8.truelook.com/face/sqface.jsp?name=/hooverdam/bypass&func=live&overlay=default](http://live8.truelook.com/face/sqface.jsp?name=/hooverdam/bypass&func=live&overlay=default) :wow ---
**Author:** ![Hank1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hank1/32/6329_2.png) [@Hank1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hank1)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/7 "2008-03-17T19:33:14Z")
i remember watching the making of it on discovery. it was sick shit… ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/8 "2008-03-17T21:53:00Z")
ROAD TRIP!!! ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/9 "2008-03-18T06:22:03Z")
> [@Hooked on 240](#): > > ROAD TRIP!!! yeah lets drive 2k miles to see a non existant bridge… ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/10 "2008-03-18T06:25:09Z")
> [@bennyfizzle](#): > > yeah lets drive 2k miles to see a non existant bridge… HAHAHAHA :idiots ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/11 "2008-03-18T08:00:16Z")
Looks great, but is it worth it? ---
**Author:** ![timmay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@timmay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/timmay)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/12 "2008-03-18T08:22:27Z")
> [@Vovchandr](#): > > Looks great, but is it worth it? Kind of my thought, in particular when it looks like you’ll be able to drive across where Lake Mead was with in a 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/13 "2008-03-18T08:35:47Z")
> [@timmay](#): > > Kind of my thought, in particular when it looks like you’ll be able to drive across where Lake Mead was with in a 20 years. Yep, plus we should have other priorities, but who knows government loves to fund silly projects. ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/14 "2008-03-18T11:13:06Z")
> [@Allstar Graphics](#): > > that bridge would be crazzyy…20 lanes wide, haha ?? 4 ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/15 "2008-03-18T16:13:05Z")
> [@Code Blue](#): > > ?? > 4 Must have been thinking of 5 bridges next to each other with 4 lanes each bridge… :confused ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/16 "2008-03-18T16:28:21Z")
for a bit of perspective, here is a shot I took at the dam. At the very bottom you can see the top of a building, that isnt even the bottom of the dam. At the top you can see the size of people and a van. ![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/GC/P5070040.jpg?t=1205882768) That bridge is simply massive. Why not build it? another tourist attraction, employment for lots and lots of people, another “world wonder”. No reason not to in my book. ---
**Author:** ![timmay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@timmay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/timmay)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/17 "2008-03-18T16:37:29Z")
^^^ Vegas is going to be out of water with in 20 years with high chances of an inability to meet current demand with in 10 years, more people is NOT the answer there. The money spent on this bridge would be much better spent finding a solution to prevent Lake Mead from drying up. Right now there are proposed solutions but none underway or confirmed that they will work. As it stands we will be able to tell our kids about this great party town, show them pictures but by then it will be an abandoned ghost town in the desert. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/18 "2008-03-29T08:06:58Z")
Instead of building new ones, how about we fix the old ones :ponder ---
**Author:** ![timmay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@timmay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/timmay)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/19 "2008-03-29T08:34:41Z")
![http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/failbridge.jpg](http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/failbridge.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085/20 "2008-03-29T08:52:30Z")
lol that cant be real [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hoover-dam-bypass-bridge/236085.md?page=2)