Posted on 04/13/2015 1:43:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
n the not-too-distant future, drivers in Washington state could cross the Sinclair Inlet on a bridge made of two or three decommissioned aircraft carriers.
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No aircraft carrier is available for the projectnot yet, at least. Currently, the backers of the project have their eyes on the USS Independence, which was commissioned in the 1960s and could go to the salvage yard later this year, and the USS Kitty Hawk, a carrier that sailed in the Vietnam War after its 1958 commission.
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Almost as Dumb as the Elevator to Space
BOHICA
I remember my parents driving us from Tacoma to Bremerton to see the Mighty
Mo, moored there at the time. The distance around that inlet does not warrant the expense of any kind of bridge.
The can turn it into homeless housing too!!
It only shortens the trip by 3-5 miles. What a waste.
Steam's up ........and....she's off!
$90,000 wasted, or maybe debt accumulated to keep government jobs instead of laying off unnecessary work force. In the REAL world, you cut jobs where you can, not spend more money you don’t have so you can keep a non-productive work force.
This is just another peek at how our government pisses away billion$.
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