'Bridge to nowhere' in Germany, 1967

By Joe Gromelski
Published: January 7, 2012

Bob Milnes ©Stars and Stripes
Germany, April, 1967: Long before "bridge to nowhere" became part of the American political lexicon, planners in Germany created an extreme version on the road from Cologne to Bonn with an overpass for a still-unbuilt highway to the Cologne airport.

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