Is this another one of those "bridges to no where" sponsored by Federal tax dollars?
No but Sunshine bridge downstream from it was where the bridge to nowhere got it's name originally. It was built under the Jimmy Davis administration in Louisiana (the govenor who wrote and sang "You are my sunshine" - hence the name Sunshine bridge).
It was built and finished for years before it was connected to the approach on one side. Hence it became known as the bridge to nowhere.
