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Alaska Route 11: Glenn Highway: Anchorage: Glennallen: 139 224 Alaska Route 1: Passes a large series of scenic glaciers, also a National Scenic Byway Haines Highway: Haines: Canada–United States border: 44 71 Alaska Route 7: Travels through the scenic Chilkat Pass to the Canadian border, also a National Scenic Byway Parks Highway: Denali ...
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.
The Alaska Marine Highway and several other Alaska highways or routes are recognized as "highways" eligible for federal funding by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). [3] The Marine Highway was declared a National Scenic Byway by the FHWA on June 13, 2002; [4] and later declared an All-American Road on September 22, 2005. [5]
Overview map for routes A and B, 1938 [4] Proposals for a highway to Alaska originated in the 1920s. Thomas MacDonald, director of the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, dreamed of an international highway spanning the United States and Canada. In order to promote the highway, in 1933 Slim Williams originally traveled the proposed route by dogsled ...
The North Shore Scenic Drive follows the pristine shore of Lake Superior, the world's largest freshwater lake, through 142 miles of some of the most unspoiled wilderness in the continental United ...
Alaska Route 1 (AK-1) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Alaska.It runs from Homer northeast and east to Tok by way of Anchorage.It is one of two routes in Alaska to contain significant portions of freeway: the Seward Highway in south Anchorage and the Glenn Highway between Anchorage and Palmer.
The Glenn Highway (part of Alaska Route 1) is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending 179 miles (288 km) from Anchorage near Merrill Field to Glennallen on the Richardson Highway. The Tok Cut-Off is often considered part of the Glenn Highway, for a total length of 328 miles (528 km).
Scenic Byways The Bob Blodgett Nome–Teller Memorial Highway , also known as the Nome–Teller Highway and generally referred to as simply the Teller Highway , is a well-maintained gravel road in the U.S. state of Alaska .