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The Gravina Island Bridge, commonly referred to as the "Bridge to Nowhere", was a proposed bridge to replace the ferry that currently connects the town of Ketchikan, Alaska, United States, with Gravina Island, an island that contains the Ketchikan International Airport as well as 50 residents. The bridge was projected to cost $398 million.
Over $200 million was apportioned for the construction of the Gravina Island Bridge in Alaska, which would connect sparsely populated regions at tremendous cost. The bridge came to be known in the national media as the "Bridge to Nowhere," and is considered a quintessential example of pork barrel politics.
The term "bridge to nowhere" may be used by political opponents to describe a bridge (or proposed bridge) that serves low-population areas at high cost, usually characterizing it as an instance of pork barrel spending. [4] By extension, it may refer to any undertaking perceived as both pointless and costly.
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The Alaskan bridge to nowhere, more properly known as the Gravina Island Bridge, a proposed bridge often cited in the 2000s as an example of pork-barrel spending by the U.S. federal government; Bridge to Nowhere (San Gabriel Mountains), north of Azusa, California, USA; Bridge to Nowhere (New Zealand), in Whanganui National Park, North Island
There are 274 earmarks included in the 2020 Pig Book, down from last year, but at a higher, record-setting cost.
Some opponents argue that the bridge is a "pork-barrel project" because it was tied to the Gravina Island Bridge in its $450 million plus funding legislation. [6] There is also concern it could threaten a population of beluga whales despite receiving a biological opinion of 'no jeopardy' from the National Marine Fisheries Service. [7]