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From the UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada (PH-00394). Part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue / Civic Center Drive alignment. This photograph was captured in the section of Civic Center Drive between Alexander Road and Cheyenne Avenue.

Photographer's notes: "View upstream of the bridge and dam. The position of the green boom indicates a concrete pour for the arch was in progress. Note: This is one of the few photographs where I supplemented existing light by adding a flash to give the hill on the left detail." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Photographer's notes: "With all of the tub girders installed for the bridge its functional structure was complete. Only the roadbed remained to complete. April 15, 2010." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Photographer's notes: "Aerial view showing the twelve central girders installed as support for the eventual bridge deck, February 3, 2010. Lake Mead marina at the top." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Photographer's notes: "View from the Arizona pylons toward arch construction and Nevada. The cable stays were covered in white in reduce expansion and contraction from the desert sun and heat. Note: This was the only evening I was allowed on top of the temporary pylons to shoot." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Photographer's notes: "The evening shift of ironworkers heads to work on the Nevada side of the arch, October 20, 2009." Site Name: Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge

Narrator affiliation: Downwinder (Salt Lake City, Utah)