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| − | '''Gravina Island Bridge''' was a proposed 2007 project in [[Alaska]] meant to link the city of Ketchikan with Gravina Island. | + | '''Gravina Island Bridge''', the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere", was a proposed 2007 project in [[Alaska]] meant to link the city of Ketchikan with inaccessible Gravina Island. The proposed project was used to criticize a since-failed Congressional [[earmark]] sponsored by Alaska Senator [[Ted Stevens]] during a [[partisan]] [[witch hunt]] to unseat the senior [[Republican]] senator, who was ultimately found not guilty because of prosecutor misconduct, falsification of evidence, albeit not until after his losing a reelection bid. |
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Revision as of 19:15, July 14, 2009
Gravina Island Bridge, the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere", was a proposed 2007 project in Alaska meant to link the city of Ketchikan with inaccessible Gravina Island. The proposed project was used to criticize a since-failed Congressional earmark sponsored by Alaska Senator Ted Stevens during a partisan witch hunt to unseat the senior Republican senator, who was ultimately found not guilty because of prosecutor misconduct, falsification of evidence, albeit not until after his losing a reelection bid.