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Sterling Highway at mile 170 (km 274), descending a long, steep hill (locally known as "Baycrest Hill") towards Homer. The Sterling Highway is a 138-mile-long (222 km) state highway in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Alaska, leading from the Seward Highway at Tern Lake Junction, 90 miles (140 km) south of Anchorage, to Homer.
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).
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.
AK-1 (Sterling Highway) AK-9 south: Northern terminus of AK-9; Seward Highway assumes the AK-1 designation northbound; highway divides at Sterling Highway intersection 45.367: 73.011: Summit Lake Lodge 55.729: 89.687: Hope Highway: Southern terminus of Hope Highway 67.461: 108.568: Turnagain Pass—highway divides 74.341: 119.640: Ingram Creek ...
Denali Highway — — AK-9: 36.49: 58.72 Railway Avenue in Seward: AK-1 (Sterling Highway) at Tern Lake junction Seward Highway — — AK-10: 49.5: 79.7 AK-4 (Richardson Highway) in Copper Center: Chitina: Edgerton Highway — — AK-10: 83.5: 134.4 Marine Highway in Cordova: Dead end in McCarthy: Copper River Highway, McCarthy Road ...
The only road access is via the Sterling Highway (Alaska Route 1), which leads northeast 22 miles (35 km) to Soldotna and south 53 miles (85 km) to Homer. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 13.4 square miles (34.6 km 2 ), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km 2 ), or 0.06%, are water.
Named the Geist Road Extension for most of its planning period, the highway was named in 1988 in honor of Hendryx Woodrow "Woody" Johansen (1913–1991). [2] Johansen was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and an employee of the Alaska Road Commission and the Alaska Department of Highways. [3]
Alaska Route 7 (abbreviated as AK-7) is a state highway in the Alaska Panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It consists of four unconnected pieces which serve some of the Panhandle communities. The Alaska Marine Highway ferries stop in the cities connecting to the Alaska Highway in Yukon via the Haines Highway.