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HOOVER DAM Traffic Advisory:  Hoover Dam is located approximately 1 hour southeast of Las Vegas, on the Nevada-Arizona border. During the spring and summer months, visitors can expect traffic delays of up to one hour or more. Hoover Dam is a testimony to a country's ability to construct monolithic projects in the midst of adverse conditions. Built during the Depression; thousands of men and their families came to Black Canyon to tame the Colorado River. It took less then 5 years, in a harsh and barren land, to build the largest dam of its time. Now, more than 60 years later, Hoover Dam still stands as a world-renowned structure. The dam is a National Historic Landmark and has been rated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of America's Seven Modern Civil Engineering Wonders. This is one place you definitely find time to Visit when you come to our Great City of Las Vegas. Check Out the Hoover Tour Vistor Center & Tour Info How To Get to Hoover Dam This is where the water is Intaked for Power...   Hoover Dam Statistics Dam Dimensions . Height - 726.4.feet . Length at Crest - 1,244 feet . Width at Top - 45 feet . Width at Base - 660 feet . Weight - 6.6 million tons Reservoir Statistics . Capacity - 28,537,000 acre-feet . Length - 110 miles . Shoreline - 550 miles . Max Depth - 500 feet . Surface Area - 157,000 acres Materials Used in Project . Concrete - 4.440,000 cubic yards . Explosives - 6,500,000 pounds . Plate Steel and Outlet Pipes - 88,000,000 pounds . Pipe and Fittings - 6,700,00 pounds (840 miles) . Reinforcement Steel - 45,000,000 pounds Concrete Mix Proportions . Cement - 1.00 part . Sand - 2.45 parts . Fine Gravel - 1.75 parts . Intermediate Gravel - 1.46 parts . Coarse Gravel - 1.66 parts . Cobbles (3 to 9 inch) - 2.18 parts . Water - 0.54 parts HOME GO BACK REFRESH