April 10, 2004: The phrase “bridge to nowhere” is born in a New York Times piece quoting Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for Common Sense: “It’s a gold-plated bridge to nowhere.” July 29 ...

Dubbed the "Bridge to Nowhere," the bridge in Alaska would connect the town of Ketchikan (population 8,900) with its airport on the Island of Gravina (population 50) at a cost to federal taxpayers ...

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who hollered earliest and loudest about Alaska’s “Bridge to Nowhere,” says that he spoke with Gov. Sarah Palin as the controversy was unfolding and she told him ...

2005 and 2006: The Bridge to Nowhere becomes a symbol for government pork, helped in no small part by McCain's anti-earmark enthusiasm. McCain mentions the bridge in interviews and speeches.

April 10, 2004: The phrase, "Bridge to Nowhere," is born in a New York Timesreport, quoting Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for Common Sense, saying, ''It's a gold-plated bridge to nowhere.'' ...