• Elvin BrookingUSA 2010Traveler
    Riding Route 66 is a mission now, due to main freeways built over and around the original Route 66 r
    The bridge above was built so that traffic on the Dam could ceaseWe were very lucky as this would be the last year that traffic could cross due to safety concernsHoover Dam holds back Lake Mead and provides water for the inhabitants of Las VegasHelicopter journey over Grand Canyon

    Route 66/Hoover Dam - NEVADA

    August 18, 2010 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    US Route 66 or US Highway 66 was one of the original highways in the US
    Route 66 became famous because of the active promotion of the US 66 Highway Association as the shortest, best and most scenic route from Chicago, thru St Louis to Los Angeles.

    Hoover Dam is a concrete arc-gravity dam which impounds Lake Mead in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US States of Nevada and Arizona.    Read more