Course of the Colorado River into the Virgin River, which ran southward through what is now Overton Arm to join the Colorado River near the now-ghost town of St. Thomas, Nevada. At Hoover Dam, the Colorado turns due south through Black Canyon, a direction it will follow for the remainder of its course to the Gulf of California. It passes under the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge (Hoover Dam Bypass), the highest concrete arch bridge in the world, carrying U.S. Route 93 at a height of above the Colorado River. At the end of Black Canyon the Colorado widens into Lake Mohave, created by the
Reusens Dam peaking capacity. The dam is located downstream of the smaller Holcomb Rock Dam the typically submerged Bosher Dam near Richmond lies further downstream. During the year ending September 30, 2014, the project did not produce any electricity. Reusens Dam The Reusens Dam is a 12.5 MW hydroelectric generation facility on the James River near the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. The project includes a concrete gravity dam spanning the left side of river which incorporates eight 16 3/4-foot-high flood gates, a 125 feet long by 25 feet tall concrete arch dam segment with 7 1/4-foot-high flashboards, and two separate power houses