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Gravina Island Bridge - Wikipedia

Gravina Island Bridge ... The Gravina Island Bridge, commonly referred to as the "Bridge to Nowhere", was a proposed bridge to replace the ferry that currently ...

How a 'bridge to nowhere' became a road ... - Anchorage Daily News

But some of that money was still spent building a road to nowhere. The Gravina Island Highway was to become part of what's officially known as ...

Fourteen years on, Palin's 'bridge to nowhere' comment still resounds

The Gravina Island Bridge was a priority of former Congressman Don Young, who earmarked millions of dollars in the federal budget for it, only ...

Bridge to Nowhere - Alaska.org

The idea was to replace the ferry connecting Ketchikan with Gravina Island, where the Ketchikan Airport is. The project wasn't going to be cheap, though ...

Gravina Island & the Bridge to Nowhere | by Jamis MacNiven | Medium

In 2005 a congressional delegation was pushing for and was allocated $395000000 to build a bridge to Gravina Island to serve the 50, ...

Alaska's 'bridge to nowhere' plan finally scrapped | Reuters

Dubbed the "bridge to nowhere," it would have connected the small city of Ketchikan to its airport on nearby Gravina island, and it secured a ...

The Gravina Access Project: A Bridge to Nowhere

The Gravina Bridge would replace a 7-minute ferry ride from Ketchikan to Ketchikan Airport on Gravina Island. Project proponents tell the public ...

Gravina Access Project, Southcoast Region, Alaska Department of ...

... bridge crossing at Pennock Island, as the preferred alternative. In its 2004 Record of Decision (ROD) for the project, FHWA selected Alternative F1 and ...

Department of Transportation unveils plans for Ketchikan's aging ...

... Gravina Access Project. That's the ongoing effort to help people get between Gravina Island, where the airport is, and Ketchikan. Another ...

Origins Of Bridge To Nowhere Explained - NPR

Even at $223 million, the earmarks for the bridge that was supposed to connect Ketchikan to Gravina Island, Alaska, population roughly 50, has ...

Alaska's $500,000,000 Bridge to Nowhere - YouTube

... Bridge To Nowhere Explained - NPR ( ... bridge to nowhere" line angers ... The Remote Island With A Statue That Nobody Can Explain.

Gravina Island Highway - Wikipedia

Because the highway does not pass by or connect to any village or other place of importance, it has been nicknamed the Highway to Nowhere. Gravina Island ...

Why is the Gravina Island bridge held up as an example of wasteful ...

Due to the very low population of the island coupled with the project's enthusiastic support from former governor Sarah Palin, the proposed ...

Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans - Reuters

The bridge, a span from the city to Gravina Island, home to only a few dozen people, secured a $223 million earmark in 2005. The pricey ...

The Bridge to Nowhere: A National Embarrassment

At present, a ferry service runs to the island, but some in the town complain about its wait (15 to 30 minutes) and fee ($6 per car). The ...

Gravina Access Project | Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Improved Facilities on Gravina Island: New heavy freight mooring facility new the airport; Reconstruction of the existing airport ferry transfer bridge and ramp ...

Gravina Island Highway: Ketchikan's "road to nowhere" (long, with ...

Ketchikan, Alaska is infamous for the now-abandoned plan to expensively bridge the strait between the city and its international airport on ...

Bridge to Nowhere Update - Citizens Against Government Waste

But bridge opponents argued that Gravina Island is adequately served by a ferry and funding the bridge would take away from more urgent transportation ...

1.0 PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR ACTION

The TEA-21 authorizes approximately $20 million for construction of a bridge joining Gravina Island to the community of Ketchikan on Revillagigedo Island1. 1 ...

A bridge to nowhere | Salon.com

Alaska's Gravina Island (population less than 50) will soon be connected to the megalopolis of Ketchikan (pop. 8000) by a bridge nearly as ...