Editing Bridge to nowhere (section)

==Bridges to unpopulated or low-population areas==
===Australia===
* John Pirie Bridge in [[Port Pirie]] was built in the 1970s to encourage development of industry on the other side of Port Pirie Creek. No development ensued; the bridge leads only to a few gravel roads otherwise unconnected.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ladgrove |first1=Petria |title=Bridge To Nowhere |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/12/07/2763786.htm |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=8 May 2021 |date=7 Dec 2009 }}</ref>

===Canada===
* In [[Jasper National Park]], Alberta, at the outlet of [[Maligne Lake]], there is a bridge that crosses the outlet river and proceeds about {{convert|300|m}} to a parking lot and several hiking trails and a boat launch. The bridge cost millions of dollars to build and was part of a proposed route through the mountains that was never completed.
* In the [[Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo]], north-eastern Alberta, the Peter Lougheed Bridge crosses the [[Athabasca River]], servicing industrial work sites and leading to the start of the [[winter road]] to [[Fort Chipewyan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType181/production/bishwy01.pdf|title=Transportation Infrastructure Management System - Existing Structures in the Provincial Highway Corridor|website=Alberta Transportation|date=September 28, 2012}}</ref> Nicknamed the bridge to nowhere due to lack of development at the time of construction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0acIR0cqdkk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/0acIR0cqdkk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=McMurray Milestones - Bridge To Nowhere|date=22 September 2015 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Ireland===
[[File:Harry Blaney Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1322470.jpg|thumb|Harry Blaney Bridge, Ireland]]
* The [[Harry Blaney Bridge]] in [[County Donegal]] spans {{Convert|340|m|ft|abbr=on}} and spans [[Mulroy Bay]], connecting the [[Fanad]] and [[Rosguill]] peninsulas. Opened in 2009 at a cost of [[€]]20 million, it was criticised as a bridge to nowhere due to the low population of the area (less than 3,000 on the two peninsulas). Supporters cited the [[tourism]] potential of linking the two areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/taoiseach-opens-the-bridge-to-nowhere-26536339.html|title=Taoiseach opens 'the bridge to nowhere'|website=Independent.ie|date=15 May 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2014/06/14/brians-stunning-harry-blaney-bridge-picture-goes-viral/|title=BRIAN'S STUNNING HARRY BLANEY BRIDGE PICTURE GOES VIRAL|date=June 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cliftoncoastalrun.blogspot.com/2018/08/|title=Clifton Coastal Run|first=Clifton Coastal|last=Run}}</ref> In 2014, local paper ''[[The Donegal Daily]]'' admitted that the bridge was "still rarely used."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2014/06/14/brians-stunning-harry-blaney-bridge-picture-goes-viral/|title=BRIAN'S STUNNING HARRY BLANEY BRIDGE PICTURE GOES VIRAL – Donegal Daily|website=www.donegaldaily.com|date=14 June 2014 }}</ref>

=== Malaysia ===
* The [[Bunting Island Bridge]] in Yan district, Kedah. The {{convert|2.3|km}} bridge that connect from mainland to an uninhabited Bunting Island. Build around 2002–2005, the bridge cost MYR120 million.

===Malta===
[[File:Malta - Valletta - Triq il-Lanca - St. Elmo Bridge+Valletta Breakwater+Lighthouse 02 ies.jpg|thumb|The [[St. Elmo Bridge]] in Valletta, Malta has been called a bridge to nowhere since it only leads to a breakwater and a small lighthouse]]

* The [[St Elmo Bridge]] leads from the foreshore of [[Valletta]] to the breakwater at the entrance of the [[Grand Harbour]]. Critics disapproved of the construction cost of €2.8 million and have called it a "bridge to nowhere".<ref>{{cite news |title=Bridge to nowhere |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140401/local/Bridge-to-nowhere.513046 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=1 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115010554/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140401/local/Bridge-to-nowhere.513046 |archive-date=15 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Micallef |first1=Keith |title=Breakwater bridge to be brought back to light |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20180101/local/breakwater-bridge-to-be-brought-back-to-light.666920 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101143031/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20180101/local/breakwater-bridge-to-be-brought-back-to-light.666920 |archive-date=1 January 2018}}</ref>

===Russia===
* The [[Russky Bridge]] in [[Vladivostok]] was criticised as a "bridge to nowhere", costing about one billion US dollars and serving an island where only 5,000 people live.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://siberiantimes.com/business/others/news/vladivostoks-new-iconic-golden-gate-bridge-opens-for-ordinary-traffic/ |title=Bridge to Russky island starts working in Vladivostok |work =Siberian Times|access-date=3 January 2018}}</ref>
* A four-lane vehicle overpass across the [[Moscow Ring Road]] at kilometer 83 (sometimes called the Molokovsky Overpass) continues Molokova Street in the [[Lianozovo District]] of [[Moscow]] outside the city. Molokova Street is in a gated community with only local traffic allowed; at the other end, the bridge serves only the Lianozovo Cemetery with a small parking lot next to it, coming to a dead end before a forest. As a result, the overpass only receives significant traffic on [[prayer for the dead]] days such as [[Saturday of Souls]].

===United States===
* In 1998, the [[Admiral Clarey Bridge]], Hawaii, connected [[Ford Island]] to the [[Kamehameha Highway]] and was called the "bridge to nowhere" because of the considerable costs required to connect 45 families to [[O'ahu]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/09/02/news/story05.html |title=A Reborn Ford Island Hosts Military Minds |first=Gregg K. |last= Kakesako |date=2 September 2007 |work=Star-Bulletin |access-date=11 February 2014}}</ref>
* In 2005, the [[United States Congress]] passed an [[omnibus spending bill]] that contained a $442 million [[earmark (politics)|earmark]] for constructing two Alaskan bridges. Pushed forward by Alaska Representative [[Don Young]] and Senator [[Ted Stevens]], the [[Gravina Island Bridge]] was intended to provide a link between the [[Ketchikan International Airport|Ketchikan airport]] on [[Gravina Island]] and the city of [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]] at a cost of $233 million in federal grant money. It received nationwide attention as a symbol of [[pork-barrel spending]]. Since Gravina Island only had a population of 50, the bridge became known as the "Bridge to Nowhere" during the run-up to the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/us/23bridge.html| date = September 23, 2007| work = New York Times| title = Alaska Seeks Alternative to Bridge Plan| author = Associated Press staff| access-date = April 3, 2009}}</ref> 
* In 2014, Alaska's longest bridge, the [[Tanana River Bridge]], was completed across the [[Tanana River]] at a cost of $187 million. The 3,300 feet (1,000 m) long bridge consists of a {{convert|12|ft|adj=on}} wide gravel path that connects a gravel spur road off the [[Richardson Highway]] near [[Salcha, Alaska]], to the roadless Tanana Flats. The bridge will be almost exclusively for military use with limited access for hunting license holders.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.adn.com/article/20140805/alaskas-longest-bridge-completed-across-tanana-river| date = August 5, 2014| publisher = Alaska Dispatch News| title = Alaska's longest bridge completed across Tanana River| author = Dermot Cole| access-date = August 5, 2014}}</ref> Due to the current lack of infrastructure in the Tanana Flats and the ongoing uncertainty in Department of Defense spending, there may be limited use of the bridge.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://fm.kuac.org/post/state-s-longest-bridge-nears-completion-budget-cuts-may-limit-army-s-ability-use-it| date = November 8, 2013| publisher = KUAC | title = State's Longest Bridge Nears Completion, but Budget Cuts May Limit Army's Ability to Use It| author = Tim Ellis | access-date = August 5, 2014}}</ref>