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The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ( TBTA ), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume. It generated more than $2.4 billion in toll revenue from 335 million ...
Anchorage ( Tanaina: Dgheyay Kaq'; Dgheyaytnu ), officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska. With a population of 291,247 at the 2020 census, [5] [9] it contains nearly 40 percent of the state's population, and has more people than all of Northern Canada and Greenland combined. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and ...
Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area size, comprising more total area than the next three largest states of Texas, California and Montana combined, and is the seventh-largest subnational division in the world. It is the third-least populous and most sparsely populated U.S. state, but is, with a population of 736,081 as of 2020, the continent's most populous territory located mostly north ...
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, usually just called the " Iditarod ", is an annual sled dog race in Alaska, where mushers and teams of dogs cover about 1,151 miles (1,853 km) in eight to fifteen days. The Iditarod began in 1973 as an event to test the best sled dog mushers and teams, evolving into the highly competitive race it is today.
Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. Alaska's United States Senate seats belong to class 2 and class 3. The state's current senators are Republicans Lisa Murkowski (serving since 2002) and Dan Sullivan (serving since 2015). A total of eight people have represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate. Ted Stevens was Alaska's longest serving U.S. Senator, serving from 1968 to 2009.
Mountain View is the most diverse neighborhood in Anchorage, and one of the most diverse in the country. As of 2021, the largest ethnic group in Mountain View were Alaska Natives at 18.3% of the population, followed by Hispanics at 17.4%, Pacific Islanders at 15.5%, Africans at 15%, Asians at 13%, Multiracial people at 10.9%, and Whites at 9.8%. As of 2018, the largest countries of origin of ...
As of 2020, Alaska has a population of 733,391. In 2005, the population of Alaska was 663,661, which is an increase of 5,906, or 0.9%, from the prior year and an increase of 36,730, or 5.9%, since the year 2000. [2] This includes a natural increase since the last census of 36,590 people (53,132 births minus 16,542 deaths) and an increase due to ...