The Knik Arm Bridge is a dormant proposal for a 1.74-mile (2.80 km) bridge across Cook Inlet's Knik Arm to link the two fastest growing parts of Alaska – Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
The project consists of a 1.74-mile (2.80 km) bridge with 18 miles (29 km) of connector roads, including on and off ramps, and a $50 million cut and cover tunnel under Government Hill.[1] Cost estimates are between $700 and $800 million.[1]
Proponents say the crossing would provide access to much-needed residential, commercial and industrial land; create jobs; reduce the cost of transportation to Interior Alaska and the North Slope; lessen carbon emissions and provide an alternative transportation route out of Anchorage. Opponents, however, say that: the crossing would create unnecessary urban sprawl in the Anchorage area; would be more expensive and less used than projected; would divert limited transportation funding away from more critical projects; would disrupt the Government Hill neighborhood and negatively impact the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales.
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9°W / 61.28; -149.9 The KnikArmBridge is a dormant proposal for a 1.74-mile (2.80 km) bridge across Cook Inlet's KnikArm to link the two fastest growing...
being Turnagain Arm. Knik Glacier empties into the KnikArm. The Port of Anchorage is located on the arm. The Dena'ina name for KnikArm is Nuti, meaning...
discovered on May 9, 1984, buried next to a gravel pit south of the former KnikArmBridge. Sherry Morrow, a 23-year-old topless dancer, told friends she was...
Alaska legislature funded the project with the directed monies. The KnikArmBridge was earmarked in the bill connects Anchorage to Point Mackenzie, a...
candidate Tony Knowles criticized Palin for supporting the KnikArmBridge, the Gravina Island Bridge, and a road north out of Juneau instead of rebuilding...
into the head of Cook Inlet's KnikArm, near the mouth of the Matanuska River. It is bridged twice (old and new bridges) where the Old Glenn Highway crosses...
Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the KnikArm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage. On its southern...
project, the KnikArmBridge, a total of $442 million, was to be made available for transportation projects generally. The proposed KnikArmBridge is officially...
some $450 million to the proposed KnikArmBridge and the proposed Gravina Island Bridge which was derided as a "bridge to nowhere". As a result, Congress...
its mouth. The river stretches from the Susitna Glacier to Cook Inlet's KnikArm. The Susitna River was named by the Dena'ina Alaska Native people meaning...
runaway trailer full of birch logs on the narrow bridge that crosses the Knik River where it meets KnikArm. "Bondsteel, James". Neil Mishalov. Archived from...
and south forks, the Matanuska River flows generally southwest to the KnikArm of Cook Inlet. Downstream of its source, the river is joined by meltwater...
man-made equipment), particularly in the several landslide zones along KnikArm. Two hundred miles (320 km) southwest, some areas near Kodiak were permanently...
A12. 5. Would you continue state funding for the proposed KnikArm and Gravina Island bridges? Yes. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects...
most of her efforts on support for and work on constructing the KnikArm Crossing bridge project. On August 28, 2012, Menard lost her election bid in the...
North of Eklutna, the southern summit of Pioneer Peak can be reached from Knik River Road via the Pioneer Ridge Trail beginning outside the park boundaries...
human-made equipment), particularly in the several landslide zones along KnikArm. Two hundred miles (320 km) southwest, some areas near Kodiak were permanently...
Department 1,411.0 571.0 The park is bounded by the Turnagain Arm and the by KnikArm. It hosts several hiking Nordic skiing trails, including a portion...
Denali, when he noted "distant stupendous mountains" while surveying the KnikArm of the Cook Inlet on May 6, 1794. The Russian explorer Lavrenty Zagoskin...
Authority, won the bids on nine tracts. Two small independent companies, KnikArm Services LLC and Regenerate Alaska Inc, won one tract each. The auction...
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