This slender and elegant arch bridge serves as a bypass for Hoover Dam and has a long name. It is named after two individuals, Mike O’Callaghan, a former governor of Nevada, and Pat Tillman, a professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals who enlisted in the U.S. Army and was killed in Afghanistan.

The bridge opened in 2010, located in Nevada and Arizona, like the Hoover Dam. It features the widest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere and the second highest at 890 feet above the Colorado River. This bypass allowed for a higher volume and a safer route across this Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

I had limited time at the dam, being part of a packaged tour. If I were to visit again, I might consider walking to the halfway point on the bridge to get a dramatic image of the front of the Hoover Dam. I shot this image from the top of the dam, looking downstream. The monochrome processing emphasizes the texture of the surrounding rock face.

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