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Forest Highway 14 inside Chugach National Forest: Johansen Expressway: 4.2: 6.8 University Avenue in College: AK-2 (Steese Expressway) in Fairbanks — — Only highway in Alaska to have exit numbers Kenai Spur Highway: 38.787: 62.422 AK-1 (Sterling Highway) in Soldotna: Bay Beach Road in Nikiski: c. 1951: current On the Kenai Peninsula ...
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
The Interstate Highways in Alaska are all owned and maintained by the US state of Alaska. [2] The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is responsible for the maintenance and operations of the Interstate Highways. The Interstate Highway System in Alaska comprises four highways that cover 1,082.22 miles (1,741.66 km).
The Pershing Map FDR's hand-drawn map from 1938. The United States government's efforts to construct a national network of highways began on an ad hoc basis with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which provided $75 million over a five-year period for matching funds to the states for the construction and improvement of highways. [8]
In addition to the 48 contiguous states, Interstate Highways are found in Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. The Federal Highway Administration funds four routes in Alaska and three routes in Puerto Rico under the same program as the rest of the Interstate Highway System. However, these routes are not required to meet the same standards as the ...
The portion of the Alaska Highway in Alaska was planned to become part of the United States Numbered Highway System and to be signed as part of U.S. Route 97 (US 97). In 1953, the British Columbia government renumbered a series of highways to Highway 97 between the U.S. border at Osoyoos, US 97's northern terminus, and Dawson Creek.
highest number currently used in system; shortest highway in the system US 789 — — — — — — Proposed, but never commissioned US 830: 209: 336 US 101 northeast of Ilwaco, WA: US 97 north of Maryhill, WA: 1926: 1968 Intrastate, Washington only; now SR 14, I-5 (former US 99), SR 432, and SR 4
A map of the Strategic Highway Network, one component of the NHS Map of average freight truck traffic on the NHS in 2015. According to the Federal Highway Administration, the 160,000-mile (260,000 km) National Highway System includes roads important to the United States' economy, defense, and mobility, from one or more of the following road networks (specific routes may be part of more than ...