I say build an underwater tunnel.. like the Lincoln Tunnel. Make sure it has 25 lines in each direction though to prevent the issue you have with the Lincoln and Holland Tunnel today. ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:45 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: the bridge to nowhere If you look at this on Google maps - *http://tinyurl.com/5ql7y5 Then it seems like a no-brainer to build a bridge... **Yeah, bridge to nowhere isn't quite a fair label looking at the map. **But is there something wrong with just keeping the ferry as transport or is it a convenience factor? Asking out of curiosity because I don't know how truly busy the place is... is a bridge warranted? If it is - why is everyone so opposed to it? Obviously not a huge issue in the scheme of things - I just found the topic interesting. Alaska is like a foreign world to me ;) * On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Beth In Alaska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The infamous bridge to nowhere. > So, if you ever fly into ketchikan airport, you can't go outside and walk > around the town of ketchikan, because you are out in the ocean on a tiny > island. You have to take a FERRY from the airport on Gravina Island to the > city of ketchikan. The bridge would be created so that people could drive > to the airport. Its a big bridge for a small city - its as long as the > golden gate bridge, but its not just a bridge to nowhere. > > Ketchikan is a pretty big town by alaska standards with the second largest > airport in SE alaska (follows Juneau). The ferry actually transports over > 350,000 people per year. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268739 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
