Construction Continues On The Hoover Dam Bypass Project

LAKE MEAD NRA, NV - AUGUST 19: Federal Highway Administration Hoover Dam Bypass Project Manager Dave Zanetell addresses members of the media at the Hoover Dam Visitor Center observation deck in front of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge part of the Hoover Dam Bypass Project under construction August 19, 2010 in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada. The 1,900-foot-long structure sits 890 feet above the Colorado River, about a quarter of a mile downstream from the Hoover Dam. The USD 240 million project to relieve vehicle traffic on the Hoover Dam began in 2003, and is scheduled to be open to traffic by November 2010. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)