[OldFriend]

The bridge in Alaska will enable development. Some think that's a dirty word, I don't happen to agree.

Without infrastructure we'd be in a sorry place.

[pageonetoo]

The bridge in Alaska will enable development.

I wonder how many years you could operate a couple of these, for just ONE Billion TAX dollars?

North Carolina has a fleet of them... the USERS pay to ride them!

[SC Swamp Fox]

I just looked up Ketichikan on Mapquest and USGS mapping software. I realized something that I haven't seen reported anywhere.

The Ketichikan Aiprort is located on Gravina island. Ketichikan and a couple of smaller villages are on the mainland peninsula. The bridge isn't intended to give the island residents easier access to the mainland, it is to give the peninsula's residents access to the airport.

It appears the terrain on the peninsula is too mountainous for an airport.

It appears that there is no land route to the entire peninsula, the only way to get there is by ferry.

[Osage Orange]

The bridge in Alaska will enable development.

Okay...I'll bite. Please enlighten me as to what type of development...? Is there a community plan? Has a make-use/feasibility...risk/reward study been done?

Can you direct me to any of this info?

I'm serious....I'd like to see it.