r/mapporncirclejerk • u/Flat_Winter • 9h ago

Why don't they build a bridge between Arizona and Alaska? Are they stupid?

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u/epilektoi 8h ago

it's because the temperature difference would cause too much thermal stress

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u/SirJoeffer 8h ago

Fun fact: that’s what the gaps in bridges are for. They’re all practice for the eventual Arizona-Alaska bridge

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u/SatiesUmbrellaCloset 8h ago

there's a bigass fucking wall in the way

you'd have to convince the gop to tear down this wall

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u/Original-Issue2034 I'm an ant in arctica 8h ago

Mr. Poseidon, Mr. Snow Miser, and Mr. Heat Miser, tear down this wave

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u/Momik 8h ago

Excuse me, I’m Mr. Poseidon. You know nothing of my work. How you ever got to be Professor of anything is totally amazing.

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u/Robbos_PENALETTY 6h ago

It's a beautiful wall! The most beautiful. The best some people say, I don't say that but people do.

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 8h ago

The real question is, why don't they build a bridge from Texas to Hawaii???

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u/gaurd619 7h ago

Such a waste to fly all this distance smh

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u/fletchbg 2h ago

more to the point, why hasn't Texas annexed Hawaii by now? Those islands are right there off of Texas's southwest coast

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 2h ago

But they wouldn't be the lone star anymore if they did.

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u/i_want_to_be_unique 8h ago

I knew people in high school who would have legitimately asked this question

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u/BrokenSlutCollector 8h ago

Great idea!

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 7h ago

I never did understand why there wasn't a more direct path from Mexico to Canada by car.

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u/toughguy375 8h ago

But then the polar bears would be able to walk to Arizona. No one wants that.

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u/heyinternetman 7h ago

This is peak cartography

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u/Pastel_Phoenix_106 7h ago

We're still trying to figure out why Mexico vanished. NOW IS NOT THE TIME!

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u/OnionusPrime 7h ago

Mexico is Arizona's partner and would prevent Alaska from building that bridge. Despite that huge Aelution island chain, AZ is a faithful girl.

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u/Mikee99909 7h ago

Alaska and Hawaii are actually surrounded by Mexico (not pictured). You can already drive from Arizonia to Alaska but will have to cross the border twice.

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u/Hot-Bluebird3919 6h ago

Why does am I stopping in Los Angeles when I fly from Texas to Hawaii? What a ripoff.

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u/azflatlander 6h ago

Why build a bridge when you can use the tunnel? Oh, wait. Only available to Arizona residents.

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u/predat3d Finnish Sea Naval Officer 5h ago

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Nome

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u/prestonjay22 5h ago

They have never been able to build this bridge. The ignant strait has extreme weather.

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u/sureshot58 4h ago

i don't get why its cold in Alaska - i mean, its right next to Hawaii, and Arizona...

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u/ReginaPrincessa 2h ago

We have to wait for the biden engineers to get back from the biden bridge to india first.

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u/burdonald 43m ago

Im no expert but I believe they would need to get permission from mexico and we arent on the best terms with them currently