【脑洞太大】老美突发奇想，准备把小鹰号和独立号航母改 ...

据美国媒体报道，美国华盛顿州的海军拆船厂已经获得联邦资金来研究一种特殊的收费桥梁，这种收费浮桥将由美军退役等待拆解的超级航母独立号和小鹰号首尾相连组成，并用特殊的装置将它们链接固定在一起。有研究表明两到三艘这种超级航母连接起来的跨度就足以媲美一座大跨度桥梁。
这项提议是由国会的华盛顿州参议员杰西▪杨提出，以增加对资源的回收利用率。
但目前阻碍这项计划实施的最大障碍将是华盛顿州是否能够获得这些退役的超级航母的使用权，虽然现在华盛顿州的布莱明顿海军基地内的确封存有大量等待拆解的航母，但美国海军官员说，以上航母仍然属于海军的资产，州政府无权自行决定其去向。

Washington State just received federal funds to study a totally unique toll bridge concept, one made out of decommissioned US Navy Super Carriers. The bridge would consist of two or three carriers and would link Bremerton and Port Orchard, Washington, spanning the Sinclair Inlet.

The project is headed up by Washington State Representative Jesse Young:

"I know that people from around the world would come to drive across the deck of an aircraft carrier bridge, number one... Number two, it's the right thing to do from my standpoint because this is giving a testimony and a legacy memorial to our greatest generation."
Three carriers connected end to end would complete the span, but two carriers would work well with ramps emanating from each shore and sloping up to the carrier's decks.

One of the biggest things standing in the way of the "carrier bridge" is availability of the ships themselves. Although multiple carriers are in reserve or awaiting disposal at the nearby Bremerton naval base, the Navy says none of them are available for such a project.

The two main ships eyed for the project are the USS Independence and the USS Kitty Hawk. The Independence is set to be towed to Texas for recycling this year and the Kitty Hawk is slated to remain in reserve until the Navy's newest carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, is fully operational. Additionally, Navy policy for the big ships final fate states that they can only be used as museum ships or for disposal/recycling.

The $90k federally funded feasibility study will have to be submitted by December of this year and from there it will be a fight to keep the idea in the state transportation budget and evolve its funding from there on a federal level.

Reaction from the local public for the outside-the-box transportation solution is said to be positive but there are clearly many obstacles in its way. Yet for a state that loves to recycle and has a long naval heritage, anything is possible.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/how-washington-state-could-turn-aircraft-carriers-into-1696976267


据美国媒体报道，美国华盛顿州的海军拆船厂已经获得联邦资金来研究一种特殊的收费桥梁，这种收费浮桥将由美军退役等待拆解的超级航母独立号和小鹰号首尾相连组成，并用特殊的装置将它们链接固定在一起。有研究表明两到三艘这种超级航母连接起来的跨度就足以媲美一座大跨度桥梁。
这项提议是由国会的华盛顿州参议员杰西▪杨提出，以增加对资源的回收利用率。
但目前阻碍这项计划实施的最大障碍将是华盛顿州是否能够获得这些退役的超级航母的使用权，虽然现在华盛顿州的布莱明顿海军基地内的确封存有大量等待拆解的航母，但美国海军官员说，以上航母仍然属于海军的资产，州政府无权自行决定其去向。

Washington State just received federal funds to study a totally unique toll bridge concept, one made out of decommissioned US Navy Super Carriers. The bridge would consist of two or three carriers and would link Bremerton and Port Orchard, Washington, spanning the Sinclair Inlet.

The project is headed up by Washington State Representative Jesse Young:

"I know that people from around the world would come to drive across the deck of an aircraft carrier bridge, number one... Number two, it's the right thing to do from my standpoint because this is giving a testimony and a legacy memorial to our greatest generation."
Three carriers connected end to end would complete the span, but two carriers would work well with ramps emanating from each shore and sloping up to the carrier's decks.

One of the biggest things standing in the way of the "carrier bridge" is availability of the ships themselves. Although multiple carriers are in reserve or awaiting disposal at the nearby Bremerton naval base, the Navy says none of them are available for such a project.

The two main ships eyed for the project are the USS Independence and the USS Kitty Hawk. The Independence is set to be towed to Texas for recycling this year and the Kitty Hawk is slated to remain in reserve until the Navy's newest carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, is fully operational. Additionally, Navy policy for the big ships final fate states that they can only be used as museum ships or for disposal/recycling.

The $90k federally funded feasibility study will have to be submitted by December of this year and from there it will be a fight to keep the idea in the state transportation budget and evolve its funding from there on a federal level.

Reaction from the local public for the outside-the-box transportation solution is said to be positive but there are clearly many obstacles in its way. Yet for a state that loves to recycle and has a long naval heritage, anything is possible.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/how-washington-state-could-turn-aircraft-carriers-into-1696976267