In the not-too-distant future, drivers in Washington state could cross the Sinclair Inlet on a bridge made of two or three decommissioned aircraft carriers. It may sound like a wild pipe dream or a portrait of military dystopia, but the idea is under active consideration by the state, which has received federal funds to study its feasibility.

No aircraft carrier is available for the project—not yet, at least. Currently, the backers of the project have their eyes on the USS Independence, which was commissioned in the 1960s and could go to the salvage yard later this year, and the USS Kitty Hawk, a carrier that sailed in the Vietnam War after its 1958 commission. Of course, we would be remiss not to recommend the USS Enterprise, which was recently decommissioned.

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Would you drive across a bridge made of retired aircraft carriers? It's been proposed. http://t.co/tUOkDP65pa pic.twitter.com/FPYntvVOd9 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (@HIIndustries) April 10, 2015

If the project sees the light of day, this could make a bridge a genuine tourist destination and provide a great way to traverse a portion of the Puget Sound.

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