'The Bridge to Nowhere could be replaced with the Tunnel to Somewhere'; Ketchikan borough weighs airport ferry alternatives

'The Bridge to Nowhere could be replaced with the Tunnel to Somewhere'; Ketchikan borough weighs airport ferry alternatives

A deckhand aboard Ketchikan’s airport ferry watches as tugs maneuver the Inter-Island Ferry Authority’s M/V Stikine outside the Ketchikan Shipyard on March 8, 2022. (Eric Stone/KRBD) Most longtime Ketchikan residents remember the “Bridge to Nowhere.” That was a proposed overpass project between the city and Gravina Island in the early 2000s that never happened. A means of connecting the two by replacing the airport ferry has been a topic of loca…