Alaska Highway - Wikipedia
WebThe Alaska Highway (French: Route de l'Alaska; also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II to connect the contiguous United States to Alaska across Canada.
List of Interstate Highways in Alaska - Wikipedia
WebThe Interstate Highway System in Alaska comprises four highways that cover 1,082.22 miles (1,741.66 km). The longest of these is Interstate A-1 (A-1), at 408.23 miles (656.98 km) long, while the shortest route is A-3, at 148.12 miles (238.38 km) long.
List of Alaska Routes - Wikipedia
WebAlaska Routes. Interstate. Scenic Byways. Alaska Routes are both numbered and named. There have been only twelve state highway numbers issued (1 through 11 and 98), and the numbering often has no obvious pattern. For example, Alaska Route 4 (AK-4) runs north and south, whereas AK-2 runs largely east and west, but runs north and south passing ...
Alaska Highway | Description, History, & Facts | Britannica
WebApr 27, 2024 · Learn More. Alaska Highway, road (1,387 miles [2,232 km] long) through British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. It was previously called the Alaskan International Highway, the Alaska Military Highway, and the Alcan (Alaska-Canadian) Highway. Connecting Dawson Creek, British Columbia, with Fairbanks, Alaska, the.
Alaska Marine Highway - Wikipedia
WebThe Alaska Marine Highway (AMH) or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) is a ferry service operated by the U.S. state of Alaska. It has its headquarters in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Alaska Highway – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WebThe Alaska Highway is the road connecting Alaska with the rest of North America. It runs primarily through Canada. This itinerary will cover the 2,232 km (1,387 mi) trip from Dawson Creek, British Columbia via the Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. This is not a Sunday drive.
Dalton Highway - Wikipedia
WebThe James W. Dalton Highway, usually referred to as the Dalton Highway (and signed as Alaska Route 11), is a 414-mile (666 km) road in Alaska. It begins at the Elliott Highway, north of Fairbanks, and ends at Deadhorse (an unincorporated community within the CDP of Prudhoe Bay) near the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay Oil Fields.
The Alaska Highway — The Greatest American Road Trip
WebSep 29, 2016 · The Alaska Highway was built in 1942 as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor the year before. The American government and military feared an overland invasion by the Japanese of the Aleutian Islands, which …
Alaska Highway - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WebThe Alaska Highway is a highway in the U.S state of Alaska and the Canadian province of the Yukon. [1] It is 1,390 miles long.
Alaska Highway | The Canadian Encyclopedia
WebMar 5, 2013 · Article. Alaska Highway. Article by C.W. Gilchrist. Updated by Clayton Ma. Published Online March 5, 2013. Last Edited January 30, 2023. The Alaska Highway was constructed from 1942 to 1943 during the Second World War. It went from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Alaska. Alaska Highway.
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