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The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, known as the Hoover Dam Bypass, under construction for the last four years over the gorge of the Colorado River, just after it passes by Hoover Dam. Shot from the left side of a United Airlines plane on approach to Las Vegas. The bridge will carry U.S. 93, relieving the road's need to continue running along the top of Hoover Dam, and providing a much better route between southern Nevada and Northern Arizona.