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The Richardson Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, running 368 miles (562 km) and connecting Valdez to Fairbanks. It is marked as Alaska Route 4 from Valdez to Delta Junction and as Alaska Route 2 from there to Fairbanks.
The Glenn Highway, which is part of A-1, is built to freeway standards from Anchorage to Wasilla. [6] A very small portion of the George Parks Highway, A-4, is constructed to freeway standards in Wasilla. [7] In and around Fairbanks, the Richardson Highway, part of A-2, is constructed to freeway standards. [8]
Richardson Highway — — AK-5: 109: 175 AK-2 (Alaska Highway) in Tetlin Junction: Hwy 9 (Top of the World Highway) at Canadian Border Taylor Highway, Top of the World Highway — — Formerly continued north to end of Taylor Highway at Eagle. [2] AK-6: 161: 259 AK-2 (Elliot Highway) in Fox: River Road in Circle: Steese Highway — — AK-7: ...
Isabel Pass (sometimes Delta River Pass) [2] [3] is a 40 mile long gap [4] in the eastern section of the Alaska Range which serves as a corridor for the Richardson Highway about 11 miles from Paxson. [1]
The Edgerton Highway is a minor highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 33 miles (53 km) from the Richardson Highway near Copper Center to the town of Chitina. The McCarthy Road, within the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve, is a 58-mile (93 km) extension from Chitina to McCarthy. [1]
The Alaska Highway portion of Route 2 was once proposed to be part of the U.S. Highway System, to be signed as part of U.S. Route 97.This proposal was initiated after British Columbia renumbered a series of highways to British Columbia Highway 97 between the Canada–United States border at U.S. 97's northern terminus south of Osoyoos, and the border with the Yukon territory south of Watson Lake.
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. Since 1971, primary park access has been via the Parks Highway, which incorporated a ...
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).