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The Klondike Highway winds in the state of Alaska for 24 km (15 miles), up through the White Pass in the Coast Mountains where it crosses the Canada–US border to British Columbia (BC) for 56 km (35 miles), then enters Yukon where it reaches the Alaska Highway near Whitehorse and shares a short section with that highway until north of Whitehorse, where it diverges once more to Dawson City.
Alaska Highway 98 on the American side joins Yukon Highway 2 on the Canadian side. The border is near the summit of White Pass on the Klondike Highway, where the elevation is 3,292 feet (1,003 m). The border divides Alaska Time Zone from Pacific Time Zone. The highway, completed in 1979, was initially seasonal, but has been open year-round ...
The Skagway Historic District and White Pass is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing a significant portion of the area within the United States associated with the Klondike Gold Rush. It includes the historic portion of Skagway, Alaska , including the entire road grid of the 1897 town, as well as the entire valley on the United ...
The Captain William Moore Bridge is an historic 300-foot (91 m) asymmetric single-pylon cable-stayed bridge on the Klondike Highway that spans the Moore Creek Gorge in the borough of Skagway, Alaska, United States, about 17 miles (27 km) north of the city of Skagway.
Skagway is one of three Southeast Alaskan communities that are connected to the road system; Skagway's connection is via the Klondike Highway, completed in 1978. This allows access to the lower 48, Whitehorse, Yukon, northern British Columbia, and the Alaska Highway.
The Alaska Marine Highway and several other Alaska highways or routes are recognized as "highways" eligible for federal funding by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). [3] The Marine Highway was declared a National Scenic Byway by the FHWA on June 13, 2002; [4] and later declared an All-American Road on September 22, 2005. [5]