Probably a dumb question but I don't know. I heard Rep. Jeff Flake talking about it recently and was curious about what it is.
2006-11-23 10:27:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Try this article, it may be helpful.
2006-11-23 10:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
11-17) 04:00 PST Washington -- Fiscal conservatives in Congress won a rare victory Wednesday when lawmakers scuttled plans to spend $230 million to help build "the bridge to nowhere," a span that would lead to an Alaskan island populated by about 50 people.
The money -- championed by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, the powerful head of the Senate Appropriations Committee -- was earmarked to help construct a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island in the Alaskan Inland Passage in the southeastern corner of the state. A ferry boat now provides transportation between the two points.
2006-11-23 10:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be a section of bridge (Ft. Duquesne) from the Interstate 279 overpass in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where I grew up. Must've sat like that for twenty years before they finally connected it.
The same as a road to nowhere. A dead end. A usless endeavour.
2006-11-23 12:24:38 · answer #3 · answered by WHY? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bridge to Nowhere was supposed to link the city of Ketchikan and an island (where the airport is; an area ripe for development) in Alaska. It was supposed to cost more than $300 million. Not sure who was pushing for it, but it is a giant-size example of political "pork" and fiscal irresponsibility. (A bridge of that size and cost is not needed in the area.)
2006-11-23 10:38:18 · answer #4 · answered by fordkid14 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An idiot.. what he was attempting to refer to was.. that by taking a course of action.. a particular course of action, it would lead us to no better off than we are right now(that is just an example).. and thus, we would be crossing over a bridge from one idea to the other idea and if we did cross over that bridge, it would lead us NO where
2006-11-23 11:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Lord, It means you are on the road to no where. Straighten out your life and get on the right track.
Clowmy
2006-11-23 10:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ACTUALLY THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE IS TO
"PERDITION" AND THAT IS TO DESTRUCTION>
NOT A NICE PLACE...
MEANS ONE IS ON THE ROAD TO GOING NOWHERE IN LIFE.
2006-11-23 10:35:59 · answer #7 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋