List of Alaska Routes
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Alaska Routes are both numbered and named. There have been only twelve numbers issued (1—11 and 98), and the numbering has no pattern; for example, Alaska Route 4 runs north-south, whereas Alaska Route 2 runs somewhat east-west. The Klondike Highway, built in 1978, was unnumbered until 1998, when it was given its designation during the centennial of the Klondike Gold Rush. Many Alaskan highways of greater length than the Klondike Highway remain unnumbered, however.
Numbers and names do not always coincide well. Alaska Route 1 can refer to any of the Glenn Highway, Seward Highway, Sterling Highway, or Tok Cut-Off, while the Seward Highway is numbered both 1 and 9. Highways 7 and 10 consist of multiple separately named segments that do not even closely approach each other.
Within Alaska, roads are almost invariably referred to by name, and not by number(s). Most residents are unfamiliar with official highway numbers even for those highways that they use frequently. For example, Alaska Route 2 was known as an extension of U.S. 97 during territorial days; however, many territorial residents were oblivious to that fact. Visitors are usually advised to avoid using highway numbers in asking for directions. Mileposts (frequently used for addressing in rural areas) are also reckoned by name.
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[edit] Highways by number
[edit] Highways by name
Many roads in Alaska are not numbered at all; a few of these are listed below in addition to those above.
| Name | Number(s) | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska Highway |  |
Canadian border to Delta Junction |
| Alaska Peninsula Highway | none | Naknek to King Salmon |
| Chena Hot Springs Road | none | Fairbanks to Chena Hot Springs |
| Copper River Highway |  |
Cordova to Million Dollar Bridge |
| Dalton Highway |  |
Mile 73 (Km 118) Elliott Highway to Deadhorse |
| Denali Highway |  |
Paxson to Cantwell |
| Denali Park Road | none | Mile 237 (Km 382) Parks Highway to Kantishna |
| Douglas Highway | none | Travels the length of Douglas |
| Edgerton Highway | |
Mile 83 (Km 133) Richardson Highway to Chitina |
| Egan Drive |  |
Juneau to Auke Bay |
| Elliott Highway | |
Fox to Manley Hot Springs |
| Glenn Highway |  |
Anchorage to Glennallen |
| Haines Highway | |
Haines to Canadian border |
| Hope Highway | none | Mile 57 (Km 70) Seward Highway to Hope |
| Kenai Spur Highway | none | Soldotna to Nikiski |
| Klondike Highway |  |
Skagway to Canadian border |
| McCarthy Road | none | Chitina to McCarthy |
| Mitkof Highway | |
Petersburg to southern Mitkof Island |
| Nome-Council Highway | none | Nome to Council |
| Nome-Taylor Highway | none | Nome to Taylor |
| Nome-Teller Highway | none | Nome to Teller |
| Palmer-Wasilla Highway | none | Palmer to Wasilla |
| Parks Highway |  |
Mile 35 (Km 56) Glenn Highway to Fairbanks |
| Richardson Highway |  |
Valdez to Fairbanks |
| Salmon River Road | none | Canadian border at Stewart, British Columbia through Hyder and back to border, connecting to abandoned roads to former Granduc Mine |
| Seward Highway |  |
Seward to Anchorage |
| Steese Highway |  |
Fairbanks to Circle |
| Sterling Highway | |
Tern Lake Junction (Mile 37 (Km 59) Seward Highway) to Homer |
| Taylor Highway |  |
Tetlin Junction (Mile 1301 (Km 2093) Alaska Highway) to Eagle |
| Tok Cut-Off | |
Gakona Junction (Mile 129 (Km 207) Richardson Highway) to Tok |
| Top of the World Highway | none | Jack Wade Junction (Mile 96 (Km 154) Taylor Highway) to Canadian border |
| Tongass Highway | |
Ketchikan north to Settlers Cove and south to Saxman |
| Zimovia Highway | none | Wrangell to McCormick Creek Road |
[edit] List of U.S. Highways in Alaska
- At one time, the Alaskan portion of the Alaska Highway was proposed to be designated part of U.S. Highway 97, but this was never carried out.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Map of Alaska state highways and numbers from AkDOT-PF, in PDF format; requires Adobe Reader
- Road Signs of Alaska
- Highways in Alaska web page
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