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Built Listed Location Borough Type Alaska Central Railroad Tunnel No. 1: 1906, 1916 1977-11-28 ... Miles Glacier Bridge (Million Dollar Bridge) 1910 2000-03-31
In 1889, eight years after the first railroad bridge was constructed connecting two cities, the "Foot and Wagon Bridge" was built, enabling pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages to cross the border. [2] This bridge was destroyed by a tornado and subsequent flood in 1905, and again by a mysterious fire in 1920.
Produced The Chechahcos, the first movie produced in Alaska. Lathrop's feud with Gruening over statehood issues spawned the novel and film Ice Palace. Loren Leman (born 1950), Lieutenant Governor 2002–2006, the first Alaska Native elected to statewide office. Ray Mala (1906–1952), the first Native American and first Alaskan to become a film ...
Designed in 1974 by the engineers in the State of Alaska Department of Transportation Bridge Design Section, the cable-stayed bridge features a single H-shaped pylon anchored on the south bank, with two pairs of back stays to stabilize the forward-inclined 106-foot (32 m) tall pylon at 15 degrees from the vertical, and three pairs of forward cable stays in a fan array to support the two-lane ...
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 State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River replaced a suspension bridge that collapsed on January 15, 1934. The former bridge had been opened as a toll bridge in July 1927. It was purchased by Oklahoma and Texas for use as a free bridge. [3] It collapsed in a storm after the swinging bridge's wire cables became twisted and snapped. [3]
President Joe Biden stopped in El Paso Jan. 8, 2023, to address new border enforcement operations and humanitarian efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border. It was his first visit to the border while ...
Alaska Railroad, Bridge No. 354.4 Replaced Pratt truss: 1922 2004 Alaska Railroad: Nenana River tributary Healy: Denali Borough: AK-67: Alaska Railroad, Trestle MP 187.6 Replaced Trestle: 1917 2002 Alaska Railroad: Iron Creek Willow