List of Alaska Routes

Shields used for Alaska Routes
Highway names
Interstates	Interstate A-n (A-n) (unsigned)
State	Alaska Route n (AK-n) or Route n
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Alaska Routes Interstate Scenic Byways

Alaska Routes are both numbered and named. There have been only twelve state highway numbers issued (1 through 11 and 98), and the numbering often has no obvious pattern. For example,

Within Alaska, roads are almost invariably referred to by name or general destination, and not by number(s).^[citation needed]

Numbered routes often span multiple highway names. For example,

Highways

U.S. Highways

The Alaskan portion of the

Alaska numbered highways

Number	Length (mi)	Length (km)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Local names	Formed	Removed	Notes
AK-1	545.92	878.57	Marine Highway in Homer	AK-2 (Alaska Highway) in Tok	Sterling Highway, Seward Highway, Glenn Highway, Richardson Highway, Tok Cut-Off	—	—
AK-2	456.91	735.33	Dead end in Manley Hot Springs	Whitehorse, YT	Elliott Highway, Steese Highway, Richardson Highway, Alaska Highway	—	—
AK-3	323	520	AK-1 (Glenn Highway) in Gateway	AK-2 (Richardson Highway) in Fairbanks	George Parks Highway	01971-01-011971	current
AK-4	266	428	Marine Highway in Valdez	AK-2 (Alaska Highway) in Delta Junction	Richardson Highway	—	—
AK-5	160	260	AK-2 (Alaska Highway) in Tetlin Junction	Front Street in Eagle	Taylor Highway	—	—
AK-6	161	259	Elliot Highway) in Fox	River Road in Circle	Steese Highway	—	—
AK-7	150.0	241.4	Dead end in Ketchikan	Haines Highway at near Pleasant Camp, BC	Egan Drive, Haines Highway	—	—	Segments in Juneau, Petersburg, and Ketchikan, connected by the Marine Highway
AK-8	135	217	AK-3 (George Parks Highway) in Cantwell	AK-4 (Richardson Highway) in Paxson	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	—	—
AK-11	414	666	AK-2 Elliott Highway in Livengood	East Lake Colleen Drive in Deadhorse	Dalton Highway	01978-01-011978	current
AK-98	13.4	21.6	Marine Highway in Skagway	Hwy 2 near Fraser, BC	Klondike Highway	01998-01-011998	current

Alaska named highways

Highways listed below are not signed as numbered state routes.

Number	Length (mi)	Length (km)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Formed	Removed	Notes
Alaska Peninsula Highway	—	—	Naknek	King Salmon	—	—
Chena Hot Springs Road	—	—	Old Steese Highway north of Fairbanks	Chena Hot Springs	—	—
Denali Park Road	—	—	Mile 237 (km 382) Denali National Park )	Kantishna	—	—
Douglas Highway	—	—	Douglas Island	Douglas Island	—	—
Hope Highway	17.861	28.744	AK-1 (Seward Highway) near Hope	Porcupine Campgrounds in Hope	01928-01-01c. 1928	current	Forest Highway 14 inside Chugach National Forest
Johansen Expressway	4.2	6.8	University Avenue in College	Steese Expressway) in Fairbanks	—	—	Only highway in Alaska to have exit numbers
Kenai Spur Highway	38.787	62.422	AK-1 (Sterling Highway) in Soldotna	Bay Beach Road in Nikiski	01951-01-01c. 1951	current	On the Kenai Peninsula
Minnesota Drive Expressway	7.560	12.167	Old Seward Highway in Anchorage	West 15th Avenue in Anchorage	01950-01-01c. 1950	current
Nome–Council Highway	71.970	115.824	Nome Bypass Road / Front Street in Nome	Dead end at Niukluk River in Council	01906-01-011906	current
Nome–Taylor Highway	—	—	Nome	Taylor	—	—
Nome–Teller Highway	72	116	Nome	Teller	—	—	Also called the Bob Blodgett Highway
Palmer–Wasilla Highway	—	—	Palmer	Wasilla	—	—
Portage Glacier Highway	11.59	18.65	Portage	Marine Highway in Whittier	02000-01-012000	current
Salmon River Road	11.710	18.845	Wharf near Canada–United States border in Hyder, Alaska	Canada–United States border near Premier, British Columbia (Granduc Road)	—	—	Known as NFD 88 Road inside Tongass National Forest
Top of the World Highway	79	127	AK-5 (Taylor Highway) near Jack Wade	Hwy 9 at the Canada–United States border	01955-01-01c. 1955	current
Zimovia Highway	14	23	Wrangell	McCormick Creek Road in Wrangell	—	—

Marine Highway system

The

The system is divided into different regions of service: Southeast, Cross-Gulf, Prince William Sound, South-Central, and Southwest.[5]^[6][7]

Gallery

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  The Glenn Highway, eastbound near Glennallen, is part of Interstate A1.
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  An interchange between the

  Fairbanks

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  The Sterling Highway, westbound near Homer, is part of Interstate A3.
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  The George Parks Highway, which comprises the entirety of Interstate A4.
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  The Denali Highway has only 23 miles (37 km) of pavement, the remaining 123 miles (198 km) is gravel. The road is closed in the winter months.
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  The Sterling Highway is a typical example of what is considered a highway in Alaska; four lane restricted-access routes are not used outside of the largest cities.
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  Anchor Point claims the distinction of being the most westerly point on the contiguous highway system in North America.
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  Alaska Peninsula Highway approaching "downtown" Naknek.

See also

• List of British Columbia provincial highways
• List of Yukon territorial highways
• The Milepost

References