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The Hoover Dam damn Bridge...1900 feet of fear
#1
WOW!
this is magnificent! a marvel!

the mere sight of it is making my stomach churn and my palms sweat.

i would need to be sedated and placed in a body bag to cross this bridge.
my pathological and irrational sheer terror of suspension bridges would reduce me to an incoherent quivering blob of jelly! 50

25th July 2010
Daily Mail
It is one of the planet's newest awe-inspiring superstructures - the Hoover Dam Bridge.

Twelve years in planning and five years under construction, the development - known officially as the 'Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge' - is finally taking shape.

Rising 890 ft above the Colorado River, when finished, its total length will be 1,900 ft, with its longest supported span running to 1080 ft.
Built in the shadow of the iconic Hoover Dam, which powers most of states Nevada and Arizona, the construction is the first concrete-steel composite arch bridge built in the United States.

With costs estimated to run to £160 million, the bridge is designed to take the pressure off the congested US Highway 93 and is expected to carry 17,000 trucks and cars daily.
It will also allow the roadway that runs on top of the Hoover Dam to close.

Having long been the most accessible river crossing between Nevada and Arizona, the dam is thought to be at risk of a terror strike, with trucks already banned from crossing.

In November, cars will no longer be able to cross the dam which was built in 1936.

Designed by T.Y Lin International, the bridge will be four lanes wide and is designed to match the style of the dam shadowing it, which holds back artificial Lake Mead.
Around 3,000 workers have helped construct the bridge using 2,300 feet long steel cables held aloft by a 'high line' crane system.

The distinctive arches are made up of 106 concrete and steel arches, each one 24ft-long.

The bridge is named after Mike O'Callaghan, a former Nevada Governor and Pat Tillman a former All Star American Football player who left his lucrative career and enlisted in the army after 9/11.
He was killed in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew...z0um2Z7uMB


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(07-26-2010, 04:29 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: the mere sight of it is making my stomach churn and my palms sweat.

i would need to be sedated and placed in a body bag to cross this bridge.
my pathological and irrational sheer terror of suspension bridges would reduce me to an incoherent quivering blob of jelly! 50


That's how I feel about flying. I want to go to Africa & my phobia is the only thing standing in my way. 12
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#3
phobias suck! i hope you can overcome it and go. maybe have a few martinis before boarding? Africa would be so worth it.

i don't like to fly at all, hate giving up control. but don't live in mortal fear like high suspension bridges. i don't know how i lived in the Keys, it's 100 miles of islands connected by bridges. but like this one, the seven-mile bridge, they are low to the water.
the entire day before i had to drive through NYC to come up from florida, i agonized about the George Washington bridge until i thought i'd collapse!


click on seven-mile bridge...it's a beautiful drive!


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(07-26-2010, 07:01 AM)Duchess Wrote:
(07-26-2010, 04:29 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: the mere sight of it is making my stomach churn and my palms sweat.

i would need to be sedated and placed in a body bag to cross this bridge.
my pathological and irrational sheer terror of suspension bridges would reduce me to an incoherent quivering blob of jelly! 50


That's how I feel about flying. I want to go to Africa & my phobia is the only thing standing in my way. 12

Join the merchant marine; take a nice slow boat ride and get paid! It's a win win.
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I've driven over the dam numerous times. The bridge looks safer to me...as long as the drivers keep their eyes on the road and not on the view.
Fug duh kund
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