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According to the policy committee of the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions (AMATS), “congestion on the Glenn Highway has worsened steadily as the Mat-Su Borough and Chugiak-Eagle River have claimed larger shares of regional growth” [1] than has the City of Anchorage. The Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) outlines how ...
The Seward Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 125 miles (201 km) from Seward to Anchorage. It was completed in 1951 and runs through the scenic Kenai Peninsula , Chugach National Forest , Turnagain Arm , and Kenai Mountains .
AK-9 south (Seward Highway) – Seward: Northern terminus of AK-9; AK-1 transitions to Seward Highway: Hope Highway north – Hope: Municipality of Anchorage: 179.72: 289.23: Portage Glacier Road east – Whittier, Portage Glacier: Old Seward Highway north: 218.39: 351.46: Southern terminus of freeway section: 218.81: 352.14: Old Seward Highway ...
AK-1 south (Lake Street) / Health Street: Continues south to Alaska Marine Highway terminal: Soldotna: 75: 121: Kenai Spur Highway north – Kenai: Chugach National Forest: 132: 212: AK-1 north / AK-9 south (Seward Highway) – Anchorage, Seward: Tern Lake Junction; northern terminus of AK-9: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
This article discusses transportation in the U.S. state of Alaska. Alaska has a small population within a very large geographic area. The geographic differences mean that no single transportation strategy works for the state as a whole. Roads connect the major Southcentral population centers with Fairbanks and the Canadian border. Barges supply ...
Aug. 31—Anchorage is getting a new bus route with direct service to the Loussac Library — its first new route since a drastic shift in Anchorage's bus system four years ago that cut some ...
Turnagain Pass (el. 900 feet (274 m)) is a mountain pass just south of the municipal limits of Anchorage, Alaska. It is located in the northeastern part of Kenai Peninsula Borough. The pass marks the highest point on the Seward Highway at approximately milepost 70. [1] Traveling north, the Seward Highway descends to skirt the edge of Turnagain ...
Many routes terminate at the Downtown Transit Center, located at the southeast corner of 6th Avenue and H Street in Downtown Anchorage. People Mover service for most routes within Anchorage begins at 6 or 7 am and ends at 9 or 10 pm, with some of the major routes running until 11 pm on weekdays (and the Route 40 to the airport and Spenard ...