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The James W. Dalton Highway, usually referred to as the Dalton Highway (and signed as Alaska Route 11), is a 414-mile (666 km) [1] 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 .
Atigun Pass (/ ˈ æ t ɪ ɡ ə n / AT-i-gən [1]), elevation 4,739 feet (1,444 m), is a high mountain pass across the Brooks Range in Alaska, located at the head of the Dietrich River. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is where the Dalton Highway crosses the Continental Divide (at mile marker 244), and is the highest pass in Alaska that is maintained throughout ...
The Yukon River Bridge, officially known as the E. L. Patton Bridge, is a girder bridge spanning the Yukon River in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The bridge carries both the Dalton Highway and the Alaska Pipeline in connecting Fairbanks with Deadhorse near the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. It is the only bridge ...
Deadhorse is accessible via the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks, 495 miles (797 km) south, or Deadhorse Airport. Limited accommodation is also available for tourists. The permanent population is variously listed as being between 25 and 50 residents. Temporary residents (employed by various firms with local interests) can range as high as 3,000.
Alaska Marine Highway System The only non-road in the National Byway System; also an All-American Road Alaska Marine Highway: Southcentral & Cross Gulf Routes, Southwest & Aleutian Island Routes Unalaska: Cordova: 1,650 2,660 Dalton Highway: Livengood: Deadhorse: 414 666 Alaska Route 11: Glenn Highway: Anchorage: Glennallen: 139 224 Alaska Route 1
Slope Mountain is a mountain in the North Slope Borough, Alaska located 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of the confluence of the Ribdon River and the Sagavanirktok River, 14 km (8 mi) east of Imnavait Mountain. [1] It is located at mile post 300 on the Dalton Highway, and falls on the northern boundary of Bureau of Land Management managed land. [2]
The lake is located on the west side of the Dalton Highway between miles 272-75 of the highway. The lake is approximately 3.6 miles (5.8 km) long and was formed by glaciers, and is known to contain lake trout , burbot and grayling fish , with some reports of Arctic char . [ 1 ]
The city is on the former Hickel Highway, [19] that now connects to the Dalton Highway as a winter ice road only and crosses the Jim River. [20] Bettles is 35 miles (56 km) north of the Arctic Circle, just south of the Brooks Range. The city is also served by a 5,190-foot (1,580 m) gravel airstrip built by the military.