bridge to nowhere
Pointless road extension
A bridge to nowhere is an infrastructure project that serves no practical purpose—typically a road or bridge built to a remote location with little traffic or development to justify the cost.
The phrase became iconic after a proposed Alaska bridge project drew national ridicule.
More broadly, it describes any expensive undertaking that leads nowhere useful: Critics called the new terminal a bridge to nowhere, serving a town of 200 people.
- wastefulUsing resources carelessly
- boondoggleWasteful, impractical endeavor
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
- pork barrelSelf-serving political spending
- federal spendingGovernment's allocation of funds
abandoned · unfinished · political · folly · dead end · span · construction · taxpayer · money pit · earmark · Ketchikan · Sarah Palin · controversy · infrastructure · empty · useless · isolated · scandal
- pork barrelearmark, earmarking, pork barrel, pet project, pet projects
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
- fiscal abusegraft, kickbacks, misappropriation, misuse of funds, waste
bridge to nowherelifeline
Essential connection to safety
Golden Gate Bridge · necessity · interstate highway · commuter rail
bridge to nowheretransportation hub
Junction for travel modes
gateway · lifeline · trade route · hub · nexus
bridge, bridges, bridged, bridging, bridgework, nowhere, where, anywhere, somewhere