Gravina Island is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. It is 21 miles (34 km) long and about 9.5 miles...
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The Gravina Island Bridge, commonly referred to as the "Bridge to Nowhere", was a proposed bridge to replace the ferry that currently connects the town...
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The Gravina Island Highway is a 3.2-mile-long (5.1 km) gravel highway located on Gravina Island, in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of the U.S. state of...
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islands in the group are Gravina Island, Annette Island, Duke Island, and Mary Island. The Spanish explorer Jacinto Caamaño named the Gravina Islands...
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the Gravina Island in Alaska in his honor. Gravina was born in Palermo, capital city of the Kingdom of Sicily. His father was Don Giovanni Gravina Cruyllas...
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up gravina in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gravina may refer to: Gravina di Catania, a municipality of the Province of Catania, Sicily Gravina in...
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Cornell Corrections, build a prison on Gravina Island. To connect Gravina with nearby Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island, it was originally planned that the...
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Alexander Archipelago (redirect from Alexander islands)
Mitkof Island, Zarembo Island, Kosciusko Island, Kruzof Island, Annette Island, Gravina Island, and Yakobi Island. All the islands are rugged, densely forested...
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from Nichols Passage to Guard Island. The eastern side is bounded by Revillagigedo Island and the west by Gravina Island. The eastern side of the narrows...
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provided for $223M to build the Gravina Island Bridge between Gravina Island and nearby Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island. The provisions and earmarks were...
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Gravina Island is an island within the Chugach National Forest in Prince William Sound. "Gravina Island, PWS-NE36" (PDF). Alaska Department of Environmental...
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Stevens earmarked $223 million for building the Gravina Island Bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island, which also contains Ketchikan's airport. The bridge...
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access to the outside world or to the airport. The airport is located on Gravina Island, just west of Ketchikan on the other side of the Tongass Narrows. Passengers...
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Annette Island or Tàakw.àani (Tlingit) is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean on the southeastern coast...
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Senator Ted Stevens, the Gravina Island Bridge was intended to provide a link between the Ketchikan airport on Gravina Island and the city of Ketchikan...
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Most of the island is public land managed by the Tongass National Forest. Pennock Island lies between Gravina Island and Revillagigedo Island at the eastern...
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During the 2008 United States presidential election campaign, the Gravina Island Bridge (also known as the "Bridge to Nowhere") in Alaska was cited as...
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This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52...
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William Moore Bridge E. L. Patton Yukon River Bridge Gravina Island Bridge, Ketchikan to Gravina Island Hurricane Gulch Bridge John O'Connell Bridge Juneau-Douglas...
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m) wide channel called the Tongass Narrows separates Ketchikan from Gravina Island, where Ketchikan International Airport is located. Ketchikan has a mild...
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Grant Island Grass Island Grass Peak Grass Rock Grasstop Rock Grassy Island Grassy Rock Grave Island Graveyard Island Gravina Island Gravina Islands Gray...
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the building of the proposed Gravina Island Bridge, which had been nicknamed the "Bridge to Nowhere" because the island had only 50 residents. The bridge...
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Alaska United States Census Bureau "Place Names in Revillagigedo and Gravina Islands". Retrieved 2006-05-14. Davidson, George (1903). The Alaska Boundary...
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Gulf of Alaska (section Islands)
Fish Island Fitzgerald Island Forrester Island Goloi Island Granite Island Gravina Island Green Island Gregson Island Gull Island Haenke Island Harbor...
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United States Navy. She was named after Nehenta Bay, located within Gravina Island. Built for service during World War II, the ship was launched in November...
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Ketchikan Airport was built at Gravina Island in the Inside Passage. Annette Islands Reserve, including surrounding islands, today is the only Indian Reserve...
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under fire in congress and the media as a result of her support for the Gravina Island Bridge "Bridge to Nowhere," often called an emblem of pork-barrel spending...
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Stevens strongly supported federal transportation funds to build the Gravina Island Bridge, which quickly became derided due to its price tag (approximately...
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as if she always opposed the funding." McCain also weighed in on the Gravina Island Bridge. In advertisements, McCain labeled the bridge as wasteful spending...
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bypass north of Reading, Pennsylvania the access road to a proposed Gravina Island Bridge in Alaska; the bridge was never built a stretch of unused dual...
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