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Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge History: Construction Methods, Stages, and Pedestrian Trail

The Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge (the Mike O’Callagham-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge) was dedicated on October 14, 2010. The arch bridge carries Interstate 11 and U.S. Route 93 over the Colorado River just downstream with spectacular views from the pedestrian walkway of Hoover Dam. The bridge was the first concrete-steel composite arch bridge built in the United States, and incorporates the widest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere. The Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge was nominated by the Nevada Section-ASCE for the 2012 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award (OCEA) and won the competition, with the OCEA plaque located at the end of the pedestrian walkway beside the highway. With educational panels of the composite concrete deck arch bridge construction methods and companies, a pedestrian walking trail was built from a parking area to a sidewalk and Hoover Dam-overlook along the bridge and highway. Several new oval information panels were added to the Bypass Bridge Parking Plaza, next to rectangular panels explaining the construction methods and stages. Materials utilized in the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge include 10,000 psi to 3,000 psi concrete, precast concrete columns, and many million pounds of structural steel.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482995.006
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780784482995
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell DriveReston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Rogers, Jerry R
• Conference:
  • World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020
  • Date: 2020-5-17 to 2020-5-21
• Publication Date: 2020-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 60-65
• Monograph Title: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Nevada and California Water History

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arch bridges; Bridge construction; Composite construction; Composite structures; History; Walkways
• Identifier Terms: Hoover Dam Bridge; Hoover Dam Bypass Project
• Geographic Terms: Arizona
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01739843
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784482995
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: May 26 2020 10:16AM