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02/17/2011 by Editor

O’Callaghan – Tillman Bridge at Hoover Dam

New bridge near Hoover Dam

This was sent to me by a friend. Truly a fantastic photo of the bridge construction.  The completed bridge has become just as big a tourist attraction as the dam, well almost.  The bridge has its own parking lot and viewpoint and provides photo ops of Hoover Dam never-before available to the average person until […]

Filed Under: Hoover Dam Bridge Tagged With: Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam, Hoover Dam Bridge, O'callaghan-Tillman Bridge

01/19/2011 by Editor

Hike to Liberty Bell Arch

On January 17th, 2011 some good friends and I went on a hike to the Liberty Bell Arch on the Arizona side of the Colorado River below Hoover Dam.  The 2.5 mile hike route provided several views of the new O’Callaghan – Tillman Memorial Bridge located upstream about 3 – miles.  The Bridge was also […]

Filed Under: hiking, Hoover Dam Bridge Tagged With: Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam, Liberty Bell Arch, O'callaghan-Tillman Bridge

12/28/2010 by Editor

A Destination Trail

Sunrise biking near Lava Butte on the River Mountain Trail, Henderson, Nevada.

After posing the question on Facebook about whether the users thought the River Mountains Loop Trail was a “Destination Trail,” I have to concur that it is. My brief research doesn’t really define what a destination trail is so I’m setting out to determine what makes this a destination trail. So I went to Wikipedia and started with: […]

Filed Under: Biking, Blog, hiking, History Tagged With: Desert Big Horn Sheep, Destination Trail, Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam, Hoover Dam Bridge

11/20/2009 by Editor

Historic Railroad Trail featured in Rails to Trails Magizine

Nov. 20, 20009 – The winter 2009 edition of Rails to Trails is out and it feature The Historic Railroad Trail At Lake Mead on the cover, plus a six page article and photos within.  The photo shoot took place back in the spring which several of us from the River Mountains Trail Partnership participated in.  […]

Filed Under: History, Trail in the News Tagged With: BOR, Bureau of Reclamation, hiking, Hiking Hoover, Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Nevada History, Nevada Railroads, Rails to Trails, Six Companies

11/06/2009 by Editor

Hoover Dam Connecting Trail – Historic Railroad Trail

        Nov. 6, 2009 –  I ran across these old photos of the building of the connecting trail from the Historic Railroad down to the Hoover Dam Visitor center parking garage.  This was probably one of the most expensive trail segments due to the NEPA and historic nature of the area; plus it […]

Filed Under: History, Hoover Dam Bridge, Trail construction - status Tagged With: Hi-mix Concrete Plant, hiking, Hiking Hoover, Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam connector trail, Hoover Dam Trail, Nevada Railroad History

10/13/2009 by Editor

Trail Alert – Historic Railroad Trail work finished Oct. 21, 2009

October 22, 2009 – Historic Railroad trail is now open again to Hoover Dam.   Reclamation has improved the area that crosses the Police access road.  We have  striped a cross walk, and paved from the exit of the switchyard  to the top of the switchback trail down to the parking garage. ADDITIONAL WORK PLANNED FOR 2010 […]

Filed Under: hiking, Trail Alerts, Trail conditions - Alerts - safety Tagged With: Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam Trail, Nevada History, Trail work

10/06/2009 by Editor

River Mountains Loop Trail now found on Traillink.com

October 6, 2009 – We can now be found on traillink.com a map and trail location service provided by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.  A good three and half miles of the RMLT are built on Historic Railroad bed within Lake Mead NRA. Also the RMLT links up with the official Historic Railroad Trail at the Alan Bible Visitor […]

Filed Under: Biking, Cycling, hiking, maps Tagged With: Alan Bible Visitor Center, Historic Railroad Trail, Hoover Dam, Hoover Dam History, Rails to Trails, traillink.com

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Our hearts go out to the lost souls and hurting families of today's tragic crash.

Let's watch out for each other.
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The news was just tragic!! 🙏❤️🙏

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3 months ago
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A flag and blinky light were found on the RMLT. Does this belong to you?
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City Cyclin'
This is pretty cool!

Thanks to City of Henderson for this creative idea to promote cycling!
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