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The Steese Highway is numbered Alaska Route 6 for most of its length, except for the first 11 miles (17 km) from Fairbanks to Fox, which are numbered Alaska Route 2. The highway has been designated as a National Scenic Byway. There are three possible road closure barriers, so 511 Alaska should be checked before traveling its length to Circle ...
A traffic camera is a video camera which observes vehicular traffic on a road. Typically, traffic cameras are put along major roads such as highways, freeways, expressways and arterial roads, and are connected by optical fibers buried alongside or under the road, with electricity provided either by mains power in urban areas, by solar panels or other alternative power sources which provide ...
On July 21, 2000, the FCC designated 511 as the United States' national travel information telephone number." [6] The first 511 traveler information system to launch was the Cincinnati area's ARTIMIS hotline in June 2001. [7] The first statewide 511 traveler information system was launched across the state of Nebraska in October 2001. [8]
Brian Cury, CEO and founder of EarthCam, Inc., launched EarthCam.com in 1996 to build a network of webcams offering views of destinations throughout the world. In 1999 it was claimed 20 people per day were adding their webcams to the website. [3] By 2006 the website was a Webby Award Winner in the Tourism category. [4]
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The Top of the World Highway is a 127 km-long (79 mi) highway, beginning at a junction with the Taylor Highway near the unincorporated community of Jack Wade, Alaska travelling east to its terminus at the ferry terminal in West Dawson, Yukon, on the western banks of the Yukon River. The highway has been in existence since at least 1955 and is ...
Dec. 4—Alaska skiers spurred Team USA to successful results at the World Cup in Gallivare, Sweden this weekend. U.S. Olympian and APU athlete Rosie Brennan helped the American women to a third ...
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).