Idea
The idea of a bridge or causeway across Knik Arm was first envisioned in 1923 by Alaska Railroad engineers. In 1955 a group of Anchorage businessmen studied it again. At that time, the cost estimate was $25 million ($194 million in 2008 dollars). The development of Seward's Success in the late-1960s called for the development of both an aerial tramway and monorail to span the Knik Arm. Over the decades, the idea has been studied repeatedly, including the concept of a Turnagain Arm bridge on the opposite side of Anchorage. The current round of studies were conducted under the jurisdiction of the Knik Arm Bridge And Toll Authority or KABATA, created by the Alaska Legislature in 2003 to develop a method of construction, financing, design, operation and maintenance of the bridge.
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Famous quotes containing the word idea:
“Every idea is endowed of itself with immortal life, like a human being. All created form, even that which is created by man, is immortal. For form is independent of matter: molecules do not constitute form.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.”
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—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)