Alaska Highways and Maps

Visitors traveling to Alaska by automobile or by motorhome must come through Canada on the Alaska Highway and/or the Alcan Highway unless they catch a ferry on the Alaska Marine Highway and come up the inside passage. The overland highways are generally in good shape and paved unlike in the old days when most of the highway from the lower 48 to Alaska was a dirt road.

The ALCAN or Alaska Highway

The Alaska Highway (also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II and connects the contiguous U.S. to Alaska through Canada. Technically speaking the Alaska Highway runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. However, many people think of the highway as starting when you cross the Washington state border at one of several crossing points. Completed in 1943, it was 2,237 km or 1,390 mi long, but is becoming shorter due to rerouting. The historic end of the highway is near milepost 1422,where it meets the Richardson Highway in Delta Junction, Alaska, about 160 km (99 mi) southeast of Fairbanks. Mileposts on the Richardson Highway are numbered from Valdez, Alaska.

 

Highway Maps

Alaska Mileage Guide Anchorage to Big Lake Anchorage to Denali National Park Anchorage to Fairbanks Anchorage to Glennallen Anchorage to Haines Anchorage to Homer Anchorage to Prudhoe Bay Anchorage to Seward Anchorage to Skagway Anchorage to Soldotna Anchorage to Talketna Anchorage to Tok Anchorage to Valdez Anchorage to Wasilla ~ Palmer	. 59 Miles 236 Miles 358 Miles 185 Miles 775 Miles 226 Miles 847 Miles 126 Miles 832 Miles 147 Miles 113 Miles 328 Miles 304 Miles 45 Miles
Air Mileage to Anchorage Seatlle Dallas New York Chicago Miami	. 2435 Miles 4144 Miles 4649 Miles 3818 Miles 5434 Miles