Maybe, the area is very geologically active and prone to tsunamis. And while some of the islands are close together, all of the populated ones are at least 60 miles from O'ahu. So a bridge even between the islands of Hawaii is unlikely.
As a 5th grade teacher I often find myself giggling at some of the ideas on Geography my students say but then I remember that we usually teach from a flat map, and the idea of size is hard to grasp when it’s not to scale. I always have a globe in my room as well, just so when I get asked certain questions like this I can roll it around and show the massive size of certain areas. ( or even the lack of size- Fun concept we just went over was how relatively close Brazil was to Africa which is how the Portuguese found it by accident lol but our map makes it seem farther away!)
I visited Hawaii once; it was a six hour flight from Los Angeles. So no, no bridge, not in a million years.
Height also plays into navigating Hawaii in another way. I spent most of my time in Hawaii on the Big Island. The island is only 98 miles across but it takes a very long time to get anywhere on the island because there are several freaking volcanoes in the middle of it. Some of which are active and two of which are huge (over 13,000 ft). There is a Saddle Road that runs between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea but it is pretty rough - when I was there you were forbidden from driving rental cars on it.
I’m sure we could connect a few islands more realistically to Honolulu. Probably still can’t drive from Hilo to Princeville
Maybe, the area is very geologically active and prone to tsunamis. And while some of the islands are close together, all of the populated ones are at least 60 miles from O'ahu. So a bridge even between the islands of Hawaii is unlikely.
As a 5th grade teacher I often find myself giggling at some of the ideas on Geography my students say but then I remember that we usually teach from a flat map, and the idea of size is hard to grasp when it’s not to scale. I always have a globe in my room as well, just so when I get asked certain questions like this I can roll it around and show the massive size of certain areas. ( or even the lack of size- Fun concept we just went over was how relatively close Brazil was to Africa which is how the Portuguese found it by accident lol but our map makes it seem farther away!)
I visited Hawaii once; it was a six hour flight from Los Angeles. So no, no bridge, not in a million years.
Height also plays into navigating Hawaii in another way. I spent most of my time in Hawaii on the Big Island. The island is only 98 miles across but it takes a very long time to get anywhere on the island because there are several freaking volcanoes in the middle of it. Some of which are active and two of which are huge (over 13,000 ft). There is a Saddle Road that runs between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea but it is pretty rough - when I was there you were forbidden from driving rental cars on it.