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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 .
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.
English: The southbound Seward Highway as viewed from Tudor Road in Anchorage, Alaska.The freeway currently has three lanes in each direction between Fireweed Lane and Dimond Boulevard, most of which resulted from major reconstruction of this stretch of the highway during the previous decade.
The Portage Glacier Highway, or Portage Glacier Road, is a highway located in the U.S. state of Alaska.The highway is made up of a series of roads, bridges, and tunnels that connect the Portage Glacier area of the Chugach National Forest and the city of Whittier to the Seward Highway.
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]
The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, in cooperation with the Municipality of Anchorage, initiated the Seward Highway to Glenn Highway Connection (H2H) project as the latest phase of transportation planning to reduce congestion and traffic impacts on small urban neighborhoods.
The state capital, Juneau, is not accessible by road, which has spurred several debates over the decades about moving the capital to a city on the road system. One unique feature of the road system is the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel , which links the Seward Highway south of Anchorage with the relatively isolated community of Whittier .
The Interstate Highways in Alaska are all owned and maintained by the US state of Alaska. [2] The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is responsible for the maintenance and operations of the Interstate Highways. The Interstate Highway System in Alaska comprises four highways that cover 1,082.22 miles (1,741.66 km).