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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.
The Gravina Island Highway is a 3.2-mile-long (5.1 km) gravel highway located on Gravina Island, in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.The highway was part of a project that would connect Gravina Island, specifically, the Ketchikan International Airport, to the city of Ketchikan.
The Gravina Island Bridge proposal, was a plan to build a highway bridge across the Tongass Narrows from Revillagigedo Island to Gravina Island. It became the subject of national controversy as critics called the plan a "bridge to nowhere" while attacking its proposed cost of $320 million. [7]
Ketchikan International Airport is located on Gravina Island across the Tongass Narrows (½ mile) from Ketchikan and is reached by a ferry service which takes between three and seven minutes and runs at least every half-hour. A bridge to the island was first proposed in 2002.
A proposed bridge, referred to by its detractors as the "bridge to nowhere" despite its linking the city and its airport, was designed with an estimated cost of $398 million to replace the ferry. After protracted attention to the cost of the bridge, the United States Congress reversed its decision to fund the bridge in 2007. The money was ...
The bridge must be removed to make room for a new bridge that will carry the future SR 167 tolled expressway over I-5. On Monday and Tuesday nights, a 75-foot-long section of the old bridge is ...
The bridge was supposed to symbolize a new era in China's relations with North Korea, but the structure remains unfinished on one side. Bridge to nowhere shows China's failed efforts to engage N.Korea
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.