Turning Aircraft Carriers into Bridges

Would you drive across a bridge made of retired aircraft carriers?

Above: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 2012, the aircraft carriers are: Independence, Kitty Hawk, Constellation and Ranger. Credit wikimedia

Washington State will study a unique bridge concept, made out of retired US Navy aircraft carriers. The bridge that will link Bremerton and Port Orchard, Washington, will be created by two or three carriers.

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According to Foxtrotalpha, the Washington State Representative Jesse Young, said:

“I know that people from around the world would come to drive across the deck of an aircraft carrier bridge, number one… Number two, it’s the right thing to do from my standpoint because this is giving a testimony and a legacy memorial to our greatest generation.”