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Denali Highway (Alaska Route 8) is a lightly traveled, mostly gravel highway in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads from Paxson on the Richardson Highway to Cantwell on the Parks Highway . Opened in 1957, it was the first road access to Denali National Park .
AK-8 east (Denali Highway) Denali Highway continues a short distance west to the Cantwell Airport. Denali National Park and Preserve: Entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve: Fairbanks North Star: College: West end of Fairbanks freeway section: 317.65– 352.62: 511.21– 567.49: Geist Road / Chena Pump Road—University of Alaska ...
The Denali Highway has only 23 miles (37 km) of pavement, the remaining 123 miles (198 km) is gravel. The road is closed in the winter months. The road is closed in the winter months. The Sterling Highway is a typical example of what is considered a highway in Alaska; four lane restricted-access routes are not used outside of the largest cities.
Nov. 28—Alaska State Troopers say a 28-year-old Healy man cited last week after hitting a dog team on the Denali Highway was the second in a group of snowmachiners passing in the opposite direction.
Road Commission Airport (FAA LID: 0Z2), also known as Road Commission Nr 1 Airport, is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) south of the central business district of Denali, [1] in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is located near the Denali Highway bridge crossing the Susitna River.
The Denali Highway passes through the Alaska Range and offers travelers a close up-look at some of the lower peaks Mentasta Lake to Kitchatna Mountains (1981): Scott Woolums, George Beilstein, Steve Eck, and Larry Coxen by skis : first traverse. 375 miles (604 km) in 45 days.
The park is serviced by the 92 mi (148 km) long Denali Park Road, which begins at the George Parks Highway and continues to the west, ending at Kantishna. Located 1 mi (1.6 km) within the park, the Denali Bus Depot (which houses a small gift shop, a coffee stand, and an information desk) is the main location to arrange a bus trip into the park ...
The Mount McKinley National Park Headquarters District in Alaska, United States, in what is now called Denali National Park was the original administrative center of the park. It contains an extensive collection of National Park Service Rustic structures, primarily designed by the National Park Service 's Branch of Plans and Designs in the 1930s.