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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.
Fishing on Lake Burton C.1924. Lake Burton was constructed in a deep valley located along a 10-mile (16 km) section of the Tallulah River. [2] Its dam was closed on December 22, 1919, and was declared full August 18, 1920. The dam is a gravity concrete dam, with a height of 128 feet (39 m) and a span of 1,100 feet (340 m).
The following is a list of neighborhoods in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.The "Anchorage Bowl" is the area normally thought of simply as Anchorage. Other areas within the Municipality are located along the Glenn and Seward highways running north and south from Anchorage respectivel
Beccon was born c.1511 in Norfolk, England.He entered the University of Cambridge in March 1526-27, probably St John's College. [1] He studied under Hugh Latimer and was ordained in 1533.
The borough is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area, along with the municipality of Anchorage on its south. The Mat-Su Borough is so designated because it contains the entire Matanuska and Susitna Rivers. They empty into Cook Inlet, which is the southern border of the Mat-Su Borough. It is one of the few agricultural areas of Alaska.
Vandals targeted the lagoon in 1979, opening locks on the levee, and draining the lagoon. The city responded by installing a more secure system. [2] [3] On September 30, 1993, the lagoon and surrounding parkland were rededicated as the Margaret Eagan Sullivan Park, named after the late wife of former Anchorage Mayor George M. Sullivan. [2]
Oct. 31—The crisp scrape of steel on a turquoise surface. Towering snow-dusted mountains bathed in golden light. Frozen water clear enough to spot fish and boulder gardens underfoot.
In 2016, the City of Anchorage undertook a study to redesign the service with the aim of providing more frequent service without increasing its public transit budget. This resulted in a proposed plan by late November 2016 for more streamlined routes, with less off-tracking than previously, combined with 15-minute frequencies in the densest ...