TRANSPORTATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

Alaska Highway/La route de l'Alaska Marker

Farmers Loop, Alaska
· International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
Historical Marker Database · William Fischer, Jr.
Transportation

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Completed in 1942 after just eight months of construction, this 2,450 kilometre highway provided an essential transportation link to the northwest of North America during the Second World War and has since remained a major transportation artery.
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Farmers Loop, Alaska · United States

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