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| − | '''Gravina Island Bridge''' was a proposed 2007 project in [[Alaska]] meant to link the city of Ketchikan with Gravina Island. Sometimes referred to with the disparaging moniker the "'''Bridge to Nowhere'''," the project was used to criticize a since-failed congressional [[earmark]] sponsored by Alaskan Senator [[Ted Stevens]] during a [[partisan]] [[witch hunt]] to | + | '''Gravina Island Bridge''' was a proposed 2007 project in [[Alaska]] meant to link the city of Ketchikan with Gravina Island. Sometimes referred to with the disparaging moniker the "'''Bridge to Nowhere'''," the project was used to criticize a since-failed congressional [[earmark]] sponsored by Alaskan Senator [[Ted Stevens]] during a [[partisan]] [[witch hunt]] to unseat the senior [[Republican]] senator. |
Revision as of 23:45, July 13, 2009
Gravina Island Bridge was a proposed 2007 project in Alaska meant to link the city of Ketchikan with Gravina Island. Sometimes referred to with the disparaging moniker the "Bridge to Nowhere," the project was used to criticize a since-failed congressional earmark sponsored by Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens during a partisan witch hunt to unseat the senior Republican senator.