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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).
Big Lake (Dena'ina: K'enaka Bena [2])is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 3,833 at the 2020 census , up from 3,350 in 2010.
The George Parks Highway (numbered Interstate A-4 and signed Alaska Route 3), usually called simply the Parks Highway, runs 323 miles (520 km) from the Glenn Highway 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage to Fairbanks in the Alaska Interior. The highway, originally known as the Anchorage-Fairbanks Highway, was completed in 1971, and given its ...
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.
After a few more miles, the road passes the Tern Lake Junction, and intersects with Alaska Route 1 (AK-1) (also known as the Sterling Highway), where Alaska Route 9 terminates, and the Seward Highway is designated to AK-1. [10] Summit Lake. It is at this point that the road begins to climb into the actual mountains to approach Turnagain Pass.
[3] 11,000 of Mat-Su Valley residents commute to Anchorage for work (as of 2008). [4] It is the fastest growing region in Alaska and includes the towns of Palmer, Wasilla, Big Lake, Houston, Willow, Sutton, and Talkeetna. [1] The Matanuska-Susitna Valley is primarily the land of the Dena'ina and Ahtna Athabaskan people. [5]
Only highway in Alaska to have exit numbers Kenai Spur Highway: 38.787: 62.422 AK-1 (Sterling Highway) in Soldotna: Bay Beach Road in Nikiski: c. 1951: current On the Kenai Peninsula: Minnesota Drive Expressway: 7.560: 12.167 Old Seward Highway in Anchorage: West 15th Avenue in Anchorage c. 1950: current Nome–Council Highway: 71.970: 115.824
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).