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Bungee jumping at the bridge to nowhere los angeles hike
A bridge to nowhere is a bridge where one or both ends are broken or incomplete and does not lead anywhere. If it is an overpass or an interchange, the term overpass to nowhere or interchange to nowhere may be used respectively. There are three main origins for these bridges:
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- Bungee jumping at the bridge to nowhere los angeles hike
- Bridge to nowhere
- Belgium
- Canada
- China
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Indonesia
- Italy
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- England
- Scotland
- United States
- Obsolete bridges and approaches
- References
Further, the term "bridge to nowhere" may be used by political opponents to describe a bridge (or proposed bridge) that serves low-population areas at high cost, a symbol of pork barrel spending.
Bridge to nowhere
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
France
Germany
The colloquial name for a bridge to nowhere in Germany is "Soda-Brücke" (a pun from "so da" = "just there"). Many of the bridges were built in the 1970s as part of the Autobahn network, but the oil crisis and rising environmental consciousness slowed many highway extensions.
Indonesia
Italy
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
Spain
England
Scotland
United States
Canada
Russia
United States
Obsolete bridges and approaches
References
Bridge to nowhere Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA