Project Manager Dave Zanetell of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation says the Hoover Dam Bypass project illustrates an old-fashioned quality. “It conveys that if managed well, major, unique and technically challenging projects can be delivered by the most skilled team available on budget and on time.”
When completed, the $240-million bypass will enable through-traffic and trucks to avoid the Hoover Dam/Colorado River crossing of U.S. Highway 93 in favor of a new four-lane highway. Exceedingly busy, Highway 93 is not only the major commercial corridor between Arizona, Nevada and Utah but part of the North American Free Trade Agreement route between Mexico and Canada.