Historic Railroad Trail Segment (Pictures at bottom of page)
In 1996, the National Park Service, Boulder City and the Bureau of
Reclamation applied and received an ISTEA grant for the extension of the
Historic Railroad Trail to the vicinity of Hoover Dam. The trail is
proposed to connect with the parking garage but due to topography and the
historic setting, this piece has been quiet tricky.
Follow this link to see nine pictures of this section
being worked on. This 70 foot piece of the trail connects the top of the
Hoover Dam Parking structure to the "Historic Railroad Trail" segment.
The Railroad trail ends
in the electrical switchyard. This segment of the trail goes straight up a wall.
Impressive. (May 25, 2004.)
Tunnel five is open, (but will close again in the near future to undergo
shotcreting). The trail will follow the
path to the maintenance building, swing around back (left side) and on to
the dam. Photo by John Holman.
This
picture was taken on top of tunnel five. (Photo by John Holman)
If
you want to see the where the plug used to be on this tunnel follow these
links:
Six pictures of work in
progress
on tunnel # 5
April 19, 2001
Media Release --
The Opening of Tunnel # 5
To
Segment 21 (East) To Segment 22
(North) To
Water Segment
Remember desert tortoises and big horn sheep have the
"right-of-way" and are not to be disturbed
even if they are on
the trail or block your way.
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