3.0 Affected Environment - Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority

Knik Arm Crossing DraftFinal EIS
Affected Environment
Anchorage Bowl is to the south. This vista offers a striking, often-photographed view of
urban Anchorage with the mountain backdrop. Key view 2 roughly shows the area where the
proposed KAC bridge would span Knik Arm. Overall landscape quality is high.
Figure 3.42. Key view 3: East Cook Avenue and East Bluff
Drive
Figure 3.42, the third key view, is a view from East Bluff Drive to a vacant area that has
served military and port uses in the past. Chugach Electric Association provides
commercial/industrial building types visible in the right side of the photograph. In the
distance are trees located on Elmendorf. To the right, in the background, are the Chugach
Mountains. A chain-link fence with barbed-wire top provides a strongly institutional
character. While the view to the open field provides a view of moderate landscape quality,
the chain-link fence is a compromising element that contributes overall to a view of low to
moderate landscape quality.
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