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Bridge to nowhere
A bridge to nowhere is a bridge where one or both ends are broken, incomplete, or unconnected to any roads. If it is an overpass or an interchange, the term overpass to nowhere or interchange to nowhere may be used respectively.
Origins
There are five main origins for these bridges:
Metaphoric use
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, usually characterizing it as an instance of pork barrel spending. By extension, it may refer to any undertaking perceived as both pointless and costly.
Incomplete and damaged bridges
Argentina
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Czech Republic
France
Germany
The colloquial name for a bridge to nowhere in Germany is "Soda-Brücke" (a pun on "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.
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Italy
Latvia
Nepal
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Spain
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States
Bridges to unpopulated or low-population areas
Australia
Canada
Ireland
Malaysia
Malta
Russia
United States
Obsolete bridges and approaches
Canada
United Arab Emirates
United States
Bridges originally criticized as "a bridge to nowhere"
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