Denali Highway
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Denali Highway is a lightly traveled, mostly gravel highway in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads from Paxson on the Richardson Highway to Cantwell on the Parks Highway. Opened in 1957, it was the fir
The Denali Highway as seen in summer
White Spruce taiga along the Denali Highway, with the Alaska Mountain Range in the Background
At 4,086 feet (1,245 m), Maclaren Summit is the highest point on the highway.
Portions of the road are built directly on top of glacial eskers.
Richardson Highway
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The Richardson Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska, running 368 miles and connecting Valdez to Fairbanks. It is marked as Alaska Route 4 from Valdez to Delta Junction and as Alaska Route
Denali Highway
…Denali Highway (Alaska Route 8) is a lightly traveled, mostly gravel highway in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads from Paxson on the Richardson Highway to Cantwell on the Parks Highway. Opened in 1957, it was the first road access to Denali National Park. Since 1971, primary park access has been via…
The "first car" to travel from Fairbanks to Valdez, 1913.
Interchange with the Fairbanks end of Badger Road, a loop road serving suburban parts of the North Pole area. The interchange was constructed in the early 2000s, after an approximately three-decade history of serious accidents at the previous at-grade intersection.
The highway in Keystone Canyon, just north of Valdez
Horsetail falls, one of many waterfalls visible as the highway traverses Keystone Canyon