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	KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio - Ketchikan, Alaska
		The Gravina Access Project consists of two bridges linking Revillagigedo, Pennock and Gravina Islands.
		The first bridge, between Revilla and Pennock, would be 250-feet hight and the second, between Pennock and Gravina would be 160-feet hight.
		The bill has been touted as the major funding mechanism for transportation projects throughout the state, including the proposed bridge to Gravina, Juneau Access Road, and the Knik Arm bridge.
	www.krbd.org /NewsReports/021105_trans_leg.html

	Sitnews -Stories in the News - Ketchikan, Alaska - News, Features, Opinion Polls
		This variant would have the same general alignment on Revilla and Gravina Islands as Alternative C3 (a); however, the bridge over Tongass Narrows would be positioned approximately 300 meters (1,000 feet) farther north.
		With this alignment, the bridge would touch down (reach the ground surface) in front of the airport terminal and eliminate the need for an airport return loop road.
		A special thank you to the Gravina Access Project Team for providing these photographs and information.
	www.sitnews.net /PhotoGallery/Gravina/C3B/031103_photo_gallery.html

	Gravina Access Project Reports
		The project area for the Gravina Access Project encompasses the nearshore areas of Revillagigedo and Gravina islands and Tongass Narrows in the vicinity of Ketchikan, Alaska.
		Two of the alternatives under consideration for the Gravina Access Project would involve construction of a bridge structure that would not accommodate the passage of large vessels.
		In addition to Tongass Narrows, the most significant water bodies located in the project area are: Lewis Reef Creek, Government Creek, and Clam Clove on Gravina Island, and Hoadley Creek, Ketchikan Creek, Carlanna Creek, and Ward Cove and Creek on Revillagigedo Island.
	www.gravina-access.com /project_reports

	TCS Transportation Program: Gravina Bridge
		The Gravina Access Project would purportedly improve surface transportation between Ketchikan and Gravina Island, yet there is little indication that things will be better with the bridge.
		Alternative F1 is actually two bridges: an east channel bridge-from Revilla Island, where Ketchikan is located, to Pennock Island-that would be 3,610 feet long and 250 feet high and a west channel bridge-from Pennock Island to Gravina Island-that would be 2,690 feet long and 160 feet high.
		Young is so supportive of the Gravina Bridge that he used his significant influence as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to secure $175 million worth of earmarks for the project in last year's failed reauthorization of the six-year transportation bill.
	www.taxpayer.net /Transportation/gravinabridge.htm

	adn.com alaska : Young upbeat about Ketchikan bridges
		The proposed $315 million Gravina Access Project would link Revillagigedo and Gravina islands by building bridges to a third island between them.
		He also disagreed that the project is about connecting Ketchikan to its airport on Gravina Island.
		A bridge linking Ketchikan with Gravina would provide growth a century and more into the future, he said.
	www.adn.com /news/alaska/v-printer/story/6699783p-6586834c.html

	Daily Tide Table
		Rat Islands, Constantine Harbor, Amchitka I - 2303
		Unimak Island, False Pass, Isanotski Strait - 2157
		Delarof Islands, Ogliuga Island (east coast) - 2295
	www.duckcentral.com /daily_tideA.htm

	The Truth Laid Bear
		Bridge between the city of Ketchikan, AK (pop 8,000) and its airport across a narrow strait on Gravina Island.
		The Gravina Island Bridge will connect the city of Ketchikan with Gravina Island, the location of Ketchikan's airport.
		The bridge, which crosses the Arkansas River, will be an “aesthetic marvel” and run parallel to the Rock Island Railroad Bridge, which is also set to be transformed into a pedestrian bridge to The William Jefferson Clinton Library in Little Rock.
	truthlaidbear.com /listpork.php (7736 words)

	The Journal Editorial Report . Transcript . September 23, 2005 PBS
		One enterprising critic of the project calculated that the cost of building the 5.9 mile bridge would be enough to buy every island resident his or her own Lear jet which could be kept at Ketchikan Airport which was built on the bridgeless Gravina Island.
		The second, another $230 million dollar bridge, connects Gravina Island, population 50, with the Alaska mainland at Ketchikan.
		There's a $25 million dollar allocation for a bridge across a swamp like river in South Carolina between Lone Star, population 1,600, and Remini, population 800, to be built just 10 miles upstream from an existing bridge.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/journaleditorialreport/092305/p_transcript_leadstory.html (1796 words)

	TCS Transportation Program: Gravina Bridge
		Alternative F1 is actually two bridges: an east channel bridge-from Revilla Island, where Ketchikan is located, to Pennock Island-that would be 3,610 feet long and 250 feet high and a west channel bridge-from Pennock Island to Gravina Island-that would be 2,690 feet long and 160 feet high.
		Young is so supportive of the Gravina Bridge that he used his significant influence as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to secure $175 million worth of earmarks for the project in last year's failed reauthorization of the six-year transportation bill.
		Project proponents tell the public that the bridge is a transportation necessity, though the ferry system adequately handles passenger traffic between the islands, including traffic to and from the airport.
	www.taxpayer.net /Transportation/gravinabridge.htm (1235 words)

	TCS Transportation Program: Gravina Bridge
		Alternative F1 is actually two bridges: an east channel bridge-from Revilla Island, where Ketchikan is located, to Pennock Island-that would be 3,610 feet long and 250 feet high and a west channel bridge-from Pennock Island to Gravina Island-that would be 2,690 feet long and 160 feet high.
		Young is so supportive of the Gravina Bridge that he used his significant influence as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to secure $175 million worth of earmarks for the project in last year's failed reauthorization of the six-year transportation bill.
		Project proponents tell the public that the bridge is a transportation necessity, though the ferry system adequately handles passenger traffic between the islands, including traffic to and from the airport.
	www.taxpayer.net /Transportation/gravinabridge.htm (1100 words)

	TCS Transportation Program: Gravina Bridge
		Alternative F1 is actually two bridges: an east channel bridge-from Revilla Island, where Ketchikan is located, to Pennock Island-that would be 3,610 feet long and 250 feet high and a west channel bridge-from Pennock Island to Gravina Island-that would be 2,690 feet long and 160 feet high.
		Young is so supportive of the Gravina Bridge that he used his significant influence as Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to secure $175 million worth of earmarks for the project in last year's failed reauthorization of the six-year transportation bill.
		Project proponents tell the public that the bridge is a transportation necessity, though the ferry system adequately handles passenger traffic between the islands, including traffic to and from the airport.
	www.taxpayer.net /Transportation/gravinabridge.htm (1235 words)

	adn.com alaska : 'Bridge to nowhere' town may honor congressman
		But getting the most attention is the $223 million for a bridge that would connect the airport on Gravina Island to tiny Pennock Island, then to neighboring Revillagigedo Island where most of the 13,000 residents of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough live.
		Critics in Alaska and the Lower 48 say the funds earmarked for the bridge and other projects -- including a two-mile span from Anchorage to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough -- in the federal transportation bill would be better spent on hurricane rebuilding efforts involving roads and bridges.
		"I think the bridge should not be built at all," he said.
	www.adn.com /news/alaska/story/7055837p-6959976c.html (1009 words)

	Bridge to Nowhere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gravina Island Bridge, and less so the Knik Arm Bridge, in Alaska
		The term Bridge to Nowhere usually refers to a bridge in which one or both sides are not connected to a road or path.
		Bridge to Nowhere (San Gabriel Mountains), in Southern California
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bridge_to_Nowhere (137 words)

	USNews.com: A bridge (way) too far (8/8/05)
		With tourists streaming in, Ketchikan's sights are fixed on building a bridge to nearby Gravina Island, home to 50 people, 1,800 acres of available timber in the Tongass National Forest, and the community's airport, accessible now by a seven-minute ferry ride.
		The proposed bridge would be nearly as long as the Golden Gate Bridge and high enough for cruise ships to pass underneath.
		Critics call it the Bridge to Nowhere, and cite it as a prime example of congressional pork.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/050808/8highway.htm (652 words)

	USATODAY.com - Alaska thanks you
		• $223 million to build a bridge nearly as long as the Golden Gate and higher than the Brooklyn Bridge, to connect the town of Ketchikan (population 8,900) to the city airport on Gravina Island (population 50).
		The antiquated system of earmarking pork barrel projects based on seniority or clout is, in itself, a costly bridge to nowhere — one we can no longer afford.
		• $200 million for another "bridge to nowhere," which would lead from Anchorage, the state's largest city, to a rural port that has one tenant and a handful of homes.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/editorials/2005-05-17-alaska-edit_x.htm (1195 words)

	SitNews - Letter: Nightmares and Despair By Don Hoff Jr.
		The proposed $315 million dollar bridge to Gravina via Pennock Island in Ketchikan, Alaska is a big con job and ramming a bridge project down the throats of residents of Ketchikan and the American taxpayer.
		The State of Alaska has an in-kind portion to federal funding is 20% of today's cost of the proposed $315 million dollar bridge which equals about $60 million dollars.
		Local government does not want the ferry to be cost effective; but trying to persuade the general public the perception that a bridge is needed.
	www.sitnews.us /0605Viewpoints/061605_don_hoff_jr.html (531 words)

	Sitnews - Gravina Access - Option F1 (High Level Cable Stayed Bridge)
		Option F1 is a high-level cable stayed bridge/low-level bridge option that would start at Tongass Avenue just north of the cemetery, rise along the hillside behind the cemetery and the U.S. Coast Guard Base, and then turn westward and cross over Tongass Avenue and the east channel of Tongass Narrows to Pennock Island.
		The east channel bridge would be sized to allow cruise ship passage and the west channel bridge would be sized to allow passage of Columbia class vessels.
		The east channel and west channel bridges would be 1.8 and 0.5 miles long, respectively.
	www.sitnews.org /gravina12.html (142 words)

	AKLegislature.com: State selects $244 million option for Ketchikan bridges
		Department of Transportation Southeast Region Director Gary Paxton confirmed Monday that the state's preferred alternative is to construct two high bridges, one from Revillagigedo to Pennock Island and a second from Pennock to Gravina Island.
		That's a change from the state's previous preference for linking Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island, to the airport on Gravina Island.
		KETCHIKAN - The state has selected a $244 million option with two high bridges as its preferred alternative for access to its island-bound airport.
	alaskalegislature.com /stories/080603/ketchbridge.shtml (142 words)

	Old Don Young Had a Farm
		Young claims the bridge will facilitate Ketchikan's growth by providing ground access to the airport on Gravina Island, a rationale that is sure to be mentioned in a "documentary about infrastructure that demonstrates advancements in Alaska, the last frontier," to which the highway bill allots another $3 million.
		The Gravina Island Bridge, which is slated to be taller than the Brooklyn Bridge, will be a towering monument to unnecessity; the small island is already served by ferries, one of which departs every half hour.
		Young's eponymous bridge isn't even the most egregious bit of largesse.
	www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/079wqklw.asp (636 words)

	Alaska 'bridge to nowhere' funding gets nowhere / Lawmakers delete project after critics bestow derisive moniker
		Stevens had argued that the bridges were needed to spur economic development on Gravina Island and in Knik.
		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.
		Stevens on Wednesday blamed weeks of bad publicity for the decision by House and Senate lawmakers to drop the bridge projects.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/17/MNGF5FPI7N1.DTL&feed=rss.news (652 words)

	SitNews - Letter: Gravina Island "Development" By Robert D. Warner
		Recent estimates are that final costs for this bridge will be significantally higher, not to mention the cost of maintenance.
		Adding to the frustration is that the bulk of Ketchikan citizens will have to drive south of town through busy tourist traffic just to reach this bridge and then double back to reach the airport.
		Let's see, they want $380 million to build that "famous bridge to nowhere", $1.17 million to begin road construction, not to mention $800,000 that Pacific Log and Lumber spent last year on road construction and expects reimbursement from Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
	www.sitnews.us /0605Viewpoints/061605_robert_warner.html (273 words)

	Raymond James Financial News
		In his weekly commentary Raymond James' Chief Investment Strategist Jeffery Saut tells of a $320 million bridge project in Alaska that was to connect the town of Ketchikan with the island of Gravina where the...
		Raymond James & Associates Inc.'s Nashville-based health-care investment banking group has advised on five major transactions in the past three months, representing upward of $3.5 billion in value.
		Raymond James Financial News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
	www.topix.net /com/rjf (1278 words)

	Pork! Pork! Pork! MetaFilter
		Regarding Gravina Island access, the sentence: "To save people that 7-minute ride, Alaska wants to build a $315 million bridge." is an extremely misleading and simplistic assessment of the situation.
		I think both bridges are pork, but it's been interesting to read articles like this one written by people with no real understanding of the situation.
		As I said before, I do consider these expenses pork, and I have to wonder what business interests stand to make money off of these deals.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/47809 (2130 words)

	Fairbanks News
		About 60 percent of federal transportation money to the state has been designated for projects such as the proposed $229 million Knik River bridge and two bridges in Ketchikan to Gravina Island, said Shannon McCarthy, a DOT spokeswoman.
		Fairbanks apparently is going to find itself confronting what many small and medium-sized communities across the country have confronted and continue to wrestle with: The arrival of a second, larger Wal-Mart...
		A 20-year-old Fairbanks man is in jail at this hour on $1 million bail for the grisly murder, mutilation and dismemberment of another man in May 2004.
	www.topix.net /city/fairbanks-ak (2130 words)

	USNews.com: A bridge (way) too far (8/8/05)
		With tourists streaming in, Ketchikan's sights are fixed on building a bridge to nearby Gravina Island, home to 50 people, 1,800 acres of available timber in the Tongass National Forest, and the community's airport, accessible now by a seven-minute ferry ride.
		In Ketchikan, Alaska, home to about 8,000 people, community leaders complain the town is suffering for lack of land for development.
		"Ketchikan is not connected to any road system," says Emily Ferry of the Alaska Transportation Priorities Project, which opposes the earmarks.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/050808/8highway.htm (652 words)

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