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A highway bridge near Castrop-Rauxel, Germany – built in 1978 but not connected on either end An overpass to nowhere in Summit, New Jersey: Brantwood Terrace Overpass, [1] walled off on both ends A former railway bridge over the Váci út in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary – with its rail line defunct in the early 1990s, the cityside approach of the bridge was demolished to create space for ...
The Bridge to Nowhere is an arch bridge that was built in 1936 north of Azusa, California, United States in the San Gabriel Mountains.It spans the East Fork of the San Gabriel River and was meant to be part of a road connecting the San Gabriel Valley with Wrightwood, California.
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.
On November 11, 1977, the Bridge to Nowhere officially opened following ten years of construction; the bridge connected Phase 1 of the Fine Arts Center with the Student Union and the Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library. [7] Phase II of the Fine Arts Center opened in 1979.
Bridge to Nowhere (Nepal) Bridge to Nowhere (New Zealand) Bridge to Nowhere (San Gabriel Mountains) Broken Bridge, Chennai; Bunting Island Bridge; E. Eintveit Bridge; F.
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.
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