Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Hoover Dam bypass bridge photo grabs national awards

Balancing Act

Courtesy Julie Duewel / Nevada Department of Transportation

Balancing Act,” a photo by Nevada Department of Transportation photographer Julie Duewel showing bridge inspector Aleksander Nelson performing a safety check at the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, won two national awards.

Beyond the Sun

A photograph of a bridge inspector on the new Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge has won national awards.

The photo, titled “Balancing Act,” shows bridge inspector Aleksander Nelson nearly 900 feet above the Colorado River on the Hoover Dam bypass bridge. The photo was taken by Nevada Department of Transportation photographer Julie Duewel.

The photo won both the grand prize and the People’s Choice Award in the “Faces of Transportation” contest held by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

The association said transportation departments in 14 states submitted 87 photos for the contest. Twenty of the photos were put on Facebook for public voting for the People’s Choice Award.

"These photographs offer a reminder of the important role transportation plays in American life," said Lloyd Brown, the association’s director of communications. "Duewel's photograph exemplifies the very important work being done to maintain transportation infrastructure across the country."

Duewel also won the grand prize in the association’s photo contest last year for a picture of a road maintenance crew in rural Nevada. This was the first year the association offered a People’s Choice Award.

Both awards came with a $500 prize.

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