No, I dont have pictures of any of those folks, I dont even have any photos of the Wasilla City Hall that would probably sell. [50][51], CNN reporter Abbie Boudreau took a helicopter over the road. 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 Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. defenders have been forced to resort to threats. So the tipping point, according to McCain was a year before Palin ran in Alaska supporting the bridge. This is looking from Ketchikan across the Tongass Narrows to Gravina Island, the destination of the bridge. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Anchorage Daily News, Diane Mucha of Eagle River wrote, "Of was simply impractical. This is all very cool, but it means calling the watercourse the Gilahina river actually translates as Gilahi river river. PS- It's PAY-lin [revised 2008-08-31] Gov Palin did NOT reject the pork from Sen. Stevens. It features wide shoulders and sweeping curves to handle the large volume of traffic the road was expected to see one day. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. pictures of the bridge to nowhere in alaska. The "Bridge to Nowhere" still rankles in Ketchikan a decade after congressional opponents of earmarks used it to go after money for the bridge to nearby Gravina Island and the city's airport, but . Im 62 years old, and now just finding out about pet projects, especially a bridge to no where..Im truly in shock.i watch Alaska Frontier n Homestead, and I love the Alaskan way, if only I knew sooner, about pet projects, and Im sure others feel same way, IV would have voiced my opinion sooner, God Bless Alaskans..and Alaska ?? Abandoned McPhaul "Bridge to Nowhere" in Yuma, Arizona His advertising and comments that (before September 21, 2006) contradicted Governor Sarah Palin's support of the bridge drew the attention of the media[46] when he chose Palin as his running mate, opening the ticket to charges of hypocrisy.
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