article_snippet.sent: A Washington State lawmaker has proposed the idea of connecting two cities on the Puget Sound with a military tribute bridge made of retired United States Navy aircraft carriers.
article_snippet.sent: the idea of connecting two cities on the Puget Sound with a military tribute bridge made of retired United States Navy aircraft carriers is intriguing because the US Navy is storing three retired carriers just a few hundred yards from the proposed site of the bridge passed in the Washington House on Thursday.
article_snippet.sent: This 2012 shot of the Puget Sound shipyard shows two potential bridge parts, the USS Independence and the USS Kitty Hawkthe USS Kitty Hawk.
article_snippet.sent: There are currently three retired carriers parked at the shipyard - (left the right) the Independence, the USS Kitty Hawk and the Constellation.
article_snippet.sent: The two carriers Washington State Representative Jesse Young was thinking would work for the project are housed in the Puget Sound Navy Yard.
article_snippet.sent: According to the test of the budget proposal: '$90,000 of the motor vehicle account—state appropriation is for a study of the feasibility of constructing a military tribute bridge that spans Sinclair Inlet and that incorporates one or more decommissioned aircraft carriers. '
article_snippet.sent: As a part of a study of the feasibility of constructing a military tribute bridge that spans Sinclair Inlet and that incorporates one or more decommissioned aircraft carriers, the joint transportation committee must: (i)Determine the cost and process associated with the state's acquisition of a decommissioned aircraft carrier; and (ii) Identify potential engineering options for incorporating decommissioned aircraft carriers into a bridge.
article_snippet.sent: A report on a study of the feasibility of constructing a military tribute bridge that spans Sinclair Inlet and that incorporates one or more decommissioned aircraft carriers must be submitted to the transportation committees of the state Legislature by December 1, 2015.'