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Mount Spurr (Dena'ina: K'idazq'eni) is a stratovolcano in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska, named after United States Geological Survey geologist and explorer Josiah Edward Spurr, who led an expedition to the area in 1898. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) currently rates Mount Spurr as Level of Concern Color Code Yellow. [1]
A 900 feet (270 m) granite wall on an eastern spur of the massif is an attraction for rock climbers. [3] The mountain is named for Louis Marcus Prindle (1865–1956), a U.S. Geological Survey geologist, who worked in the Fairbanks, Circle, and Fortymile areas of Alaska from 1902 through 1911. [4]
U.S. Bicycle Route 208 is a spur of USBR 8 that follows the Haines Highway from the Alaska Marine Highway terminal in Haines to the Canadian border. [1] Plans call for it to connect to the parent route in Haines Junction, Yukon.
An Alaska Railroad spur from Fairbanks to Delta Junction has been proposed to transport material to the missile defense site. This could facilitate other types of industry in Delta Junction, as the railroad could transport agricultural products out of the area as well as promote tourist travel into the area by rail.
Interior Alaska is between the Alaska Range to the south and the Brooks Range to the north. The mountains of this interior region include the Kuskokwim Mountains in the western interior, the Ray Mountains north of Tanana, Alaska and Phillip Smith Mountains (southern spur of the Brooks Range), and the White Mountains (Alaska) that run in an arc north and east of Fairbanks.
A third, spur fiber optic cable parallels the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and connects Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay. [102] In 2020, Matanuska Telephone Association's subsidiary MTA Fiber Holdings has recently completed the AlCan One fiber installation from its prior connections from Wasilla to Fairbanks and North Pole, continuing down the Alaska Highway ...
A significant project was construction of a spur trail from Gulkana on the Valdez-Eagle route to the new mining camp of Fairbanks. [4] By 1922 these numbers had grown to 1,101 miles (1,772 km) of wagon road including 600 miles (966 km) of gravel surfaced roads, 756 miles (1,217 km) of winter sled roads, 3,721 miles (5,988 km) of permanent trail ...
An Alaska Railroad passenger train rolling between Anchorage, Denali National Park and Fairbanks. The Alaska Railroad's first diesel locomotive entered service in 1944. The railroad retired its last steam locomotive in 1966. In 1958, land for the future Clear Air Force Station was purchased. (Clear is about 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) south of Nenana.)