River Roadway/Arizona's Hoover Dam Bridge Approach Hums Along

摘要

Activity is humming along on Arizona's roadway approach to the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, an alternate crossing over the Colorado River that is expected to greatly relieve traffic over the dam"s existing two-lane highway, which sees more than 13,000 vehicles a day. The U.S. Highway -93 route is a major commercial corridor identified in the North America Free Trade Agreement route between Mexico and Canada. But since the terrorist attacks of Sept. n, truck traffic over the dam has been rerouted 23 mi. away, costing the industry an estimated 30 million dollars annually. The Federal Highway Administration is awarding projects to fast-track bridge construction. In February 2003, a joint- venture of two Arizona firms, R.E. Monks Construction Inc., of Fountain Hills and Vastco Inc. of Chino Valley, landed the 21.4 million dollars Arizona approach.