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* Gravina Island Bridge ( never built ), a proposed road bridge over the Tongass Narrows connecting the town of Ketchikan, Alaska to their airport, and often cited as an example of politicians ' spending on projects that are intended primarily to benefit particular constituents, and a controversial topic of the 2008 and 2012 US presidential election campaigns
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Gravina and Island
* In 2005, Stevens strongly supported federal transportation funds to build the Gravina Island Bridge, which quickly became derided due to its price tag ( approximately $ 398 million dollars ) and as an unnecessary Bridge to Nowhere.
Former Alaska governor Tony Knowles criticized Sarah Palin for supporting the Knik Arm Bridge, the Gravina Island Bridge, and a road north out of Juneau instead of rebuilding the Parks Highway.
In order of land area, the largest islands are Prince of Wales Island, Chichagof Island, Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, Revillagigedo Island, Kupreanof Island, Kuiu Island, Etolin Island, Dall Island, Wrangell Island, Mitkof Island, Zarembo Island, Kosciusko Island, Kruzof Island, Annette Island, Gravina Island, and Yakobi Island.
In 1792 Jacinto Caamaño sighted Revillagigedo Island and the Gravina Islands, discovering Clarence Strait.
Annette Island, or Taak ' w Aan, is an island in Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean on the southeastern coast of the U. S. state of Alaska.
Duke Island is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern part of the U. S. state of Alaska.
Map showing location of Gravina Island
Gravina Island is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska.
Gravina and Bridge
In August 2005 the 2005 Highway Bill provided for $ 223m to build the Gravina Island Bridge between Gravina Island and nearby Ketchikan.
Over $ 200 million was apportioned for the construction of the Gravina Island Bridge in Alaska, which would connect sparsely populated regions at tremendous cost.
Gravina and never
Gravina decided that he should never improvise again, but should be reserved for nobler efforts, when, having completed his education, he might enter into competition with the greatest poets.
Gravina and built
Matera was built above a deep ravine called Gravina of Matera that divides the territory into two areas.
The city is built on a mostly sandy or clay surface that covers a limestone layer (" calcareniti of Gravina ") which in turn constitutes the typical white-yellowish tuff and is easily collapsible.
Gravina and ),
He was made Duke of Gravina by King Alfonso, title definitely assigned to his son Giacomo ( died 1472 ), to which had been added the counties of Conversano, Campagna and Copertino.
With no male heirs, he is currently to be succeeded as Duke of Gravina by his unmarried brother Benedetto ( b. 1956 ), then by his cousin Don Raimondo Orsini d ' Aragona ( b. 1931 ), whose heir is Don Lelio Orsini ( b. 1981 ).
# Peter ( 1291 – 29 August 1315, Battle of Montecatini ), Count of Gravina
# John of Gravina ( 1294 – 5 April 1336, Naples ), Duke of Durazzo, Prince of Achaea, and Count of Gravina, married March 1318 ( div 1321 ) Matilda of Hainaut ( 29 November 1293 – 1336 ), married 14 November 1321 Agnes of Périgord ( d. 1345 )
Gravina and over
At Gravina ( June 1192 ) he reinforced his papal support by surrendering the royal legateship over Sicily.
The band worked with producer Lindsay Gravina on the album, who had been producing Australian bands over the past 15 years or so, notably The Living End and Magic Dirt.
* 18 April 1972-Four soldiers killed by machine gun fire while watching over the house of the commander-in-chief of the Army, General Florencio Gravina.
Gravina and Tongass
Ketchikan International Airport is located on Gravina Island across the Tongass Narrows ( 1 / 2 mile ) from Ketchikan and is reached by a ferry service which takes between three and seven minutes and runs at least every half-hour.
The airport is located on Gravina Island, just west of Ketchikan on the other side of the Tongass Narrows.
Gravina and town
The town lies athwart a small canyon, which has been eroded in the course of years by a small stream, the Gravina.
He was born at Roggiano Gravina, a small town near Cosenza, in Calabria.
At this point, it no longer was possible to remain competitive by fielding a team composed solely of local talent and although they were still not professional, Gravina " hired " players from out of town to work in local jobs and play for the team.
Gravina and Alaska
A variety of wildlife and vegetation are found on Gravina Island including a disjunctive population of the Crater Lake Newt, a subspecies of the Rough-skinned Newt, whose northern range is in Alaska.
The Gravina Islands are part of the Alexander Archipelago in southeast Alaska.
In Alaska these include the Malaspina Glacier and Cordova Glacier, the towns of Valdez, Cordova and Port Gravina, as well as Orca Bay, Cordova Peak, and Revillagigedo Island.
The airport opening was the culmination of an effort by local residents, a 1965 study by the Alaska State Division of Aviation, another study in 1967 choosing the current site on Gravina Island, and land clearing in 1969.
Gravina and their
On 18 June 2010, Thirsty Merc released their third album, entitled Mousetrap Heart which was recorded mostly in LA with producer Matt Wallace, and two tracks produced in Melbourne with longtime Thirsty Merc producer Lindsay Gravina.
Matilda was invited to marry John of Gravina, Philip's younger brother, by their elder brother, Robert of Naples.
The poet Guidi and the critic and jurisconsult Gravina checked this evil by their influence and example.
Gravina and on
The band's debut was entirely recorded and mixed on 2 inch tape, and mixed by Gravina himself at his Melbourne studio, Birdland Studios.
The Florentine-Neapolitan army was badly beaten at the Battle of Montecatini on 29 August 1315 ; Philip's younger brother Peter, Count of Gravina and his son Charles of Taranto were both killed.
The last had the honour of being mentioned as a model by the critic Gravina, in his treatise on poetry.
This constitution ( the work of co-founder Gian Vincenzo Gravina ) was modelled on the ancient Roman laws of the ' Twelve Tables ', and was engraved on marble.
Gravina and are
The largest islands in the group are Gravina Island, Annette Island, Duke Island, and Mary Island.
The bordering municipaltiies are Bitonto, Cassano delle Murge, Gravina in Puglia, Grumo Appula, Matera, Ruvo di Puglia, Santeramo in Colle and Toritto.
Gravina and intended
Gravina hellenized the boy's name Trapassi into Metastasio, and intended his adopted son to be a jurist like himself.
Island and Bridge
`` Whereas, a Bridge over Merrimack River, from the Land of Hon'ble Jonathan Greenleaf, Esquire, in Newbery, to Deer Island, and from said Island to Salisbury, would be of very extensive utility, by affording a safe Conveyance to Carriages, Teams and Travellers at all seasons of the year, and at all Times of Tide.
Information is hereby given that Mr. Timothy Palmer of Newburyport, Mass. has agreed to take charge of the concerns of the Patentees of the Chain Bridge, in the states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, so far as relates to the sale of Patent rights and the construction of Chain Bridges.
* 1998 – In Japan, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge linking Awaji Island with Honshū and costing about $ 3. 8 billion USD, opens to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world.
California State Route 61 runs down city streets from the Posey and Webster Street Tubes, across the Bay Farm Island Bridge, and south to the Oakland Airport.
File: Capebretonmainlandbridge. jpg | Seal Island Bridge in Victoria County, the 3rd longest in Nova Scotia.
Regional transportation networks have also changed significantly in recent decades with port modernizations, with new expressways and ongoing arterial highway construction, the abandonment of various low-capacity railway branchlines ( including the entire railway system of Prince Edward Island and southwestern Nova Scotia ), and the construction of the Canso Causeway and the Confederation Bridge.
Southern Bridge, Island Bridge, Railway Bridge, Stone Bridge and Shroud Bridge, Riga.
In the waters of Deception Pass, just east of the present-day Deception Pass Bridge, is a small island known as Ben Ure Island.
Upon completion on July 31, 1935, the span Deception Pass Bridge connected Whidbey Island to the tiny Pass Island, and Pass Island to Fidalgo Island.
Kap Shui Mun Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge connecting Ma Wan and Lantau Island, and is also part of Route 8 ( Hong Kong ) | Route 8.
* 1928 – The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened.
As a result of having hosted the inaugural meeting of Confederation, the Charlottetown Conference, Prince Edward Island presents itself as the " Birthplace of Confederation " and this is commemorated through several buildings, a ferry vessel, and the Confederation Bridge ( constructed 1993 to 1997 ).
The Bridge is a shallow reef that links Drake's Island and the Cornish mainland.
Mountainous Yerba Buena Island is pierced by a tunnel linking the east and west spans of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge.
* Duncan, Francis, A Description of the Island Of St Helena Containing Observations on its Singular Structure and Formation and an Account of its Climate, Natural History, and Inhabitants, London, Printed For R Phillips, 6 Bridge Street, Blackfriars, 1805
Ferry at Clinton The only bridge that reaches Whidbey Island is the Deception Pass Bridge, State Route 20, which connects the north end of Whidbey to the mainland via Fidalgo Island.
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