Alaska Highway Mile 1523

The Alaska Highway was built in 1942 in 8 months. It stretches 1422 miles from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Delta Junction. Built as a military necessity, it followed a line of existing airfields, winter roads, old Indian trails, and rivers. Because most early military traffic was bound for Fairbanks, the route is often measured to that point. The Fairbanks to Valdez Trail, now the Richardson Highway, began construction in 1899 and was paved in 1957. The Alaska Highway joins the Richardson Highway in Delta Junction and continues to Fairbanks for 98 miles.

Farmers Loop, Alaska · United States