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The James W. Dalton Highway, usually referred to as the Dalton Highway (and signed as Alaska Route 11), is a 414-mile (666 km) [1] road in Alaska. It begins at the Elliott Highway , north of Fairbanks , and ends at Deadhorse (an unincorporated community within the CDP of Prudhoe Bay ) near the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay Oil Fields .
Home prices skyrocketed—a home that sold for $40,000 in 1974 was purchased for $80,000 in 1975. [91] In Valdez, lots of land that sold for $400 in the late 1960s went for $4,000 in 1973, $8,000 in 1974, and $10,000 in 1975. [92] Home and apartment rentals were correspondingly squeezed upward by the rising prices and the demand from pipeline ...
The largest component of the average price of $2.80/gallon of regular grade gasoline in the United States from 2012 through 2021, representing 54.8% of the price of gas, was the price of crude oil. The second largest component during the same period was taxes—federal and state taxes representing 17% of the price of gas.
Gas prices within the last 10 years highlight how volatile the market can be. When looking at historical data, gas prices were the same in 2011 as they were in 2023 — $3.52 per gallon.
Deadhorse is accessible via the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks, 495 miles (797 km) south, or Deadhorse Airport. Limited accommodation is also available for tourists. The permanent population is variously listed as being between 25 and 50 residents. Temporary residents (employed by various firms with local interests) can range as high as 3,000.
Aviation Fuel Tax (excludes federal tax of 19.4¢/gal) Jet Fuel Tax (excludes federal tax of 24.4¢/gal) Notes Alabama: 9.5: 3.5 Alaska: 4.7: 3.2 Arizona: 5.0: 0: Jet Fuel is not subject to Motor Fuel Taxes Arkansas: 21.8: 22.8: Aviation Fuel and Jet Fuel are subject to 6.5% State Sales and Use Tax plus local sales and use tax based on the ...
In 1985, they made their first haul to Prudhoe on the Dalton Highway. [2] [3] Carlile developed an "approach" in transporting loads on the Dalton, which Harry McDonald described in a 2010 interview, that keeps his drivers safe, his trucks rolling, and gets the freight delivered on time and in one piece. [4]
Slope Mountain is a mountain in the North Slope Borough, Alaska located 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of the confluence of the Ribdon River and the Sagavanirktok River, 14 km (8 mi) east of Imnavait Mountain.