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Two fast-spreading Alaska wildfires have forced a series of evacuations, destroyed up to 45 homes and forced authorities to restrict traffic on a major highway connecting two of the state's ...
The Alaska Highway portion of Route 2 was once proposed to be part of the U.S. Highway System, to be signed as part of U.S. Route 97.This proposal was initiated after British Columbia renumbered a series of highways to British Columbia Highway 97 between the Canada–United States border at U.S. 97's northern terminus south of Osoyoos, and the border with the Yukon territory south of Watson Lake.
The Minto Flats South Fire was a lightning-caused wildfire in Interior Alaska south of Fairbanks that ignited in late June 2009. It was by far the largest in what was termed the "Railbelt complex" of fires, so named because they were all near the main route of the Alaska Railroad. By July 16 it had burned more than 156,469 acres (63,321 ha). [2]
Near Manley Hot Springs there is a 50-mile side road to Tanana over Tofty. This road was built 2014-2016 for a cost of $13 million. [2] [3] The road ends on the south side of the Yukon River, so a boat trip or an ice road is also needed to reach Tanana. [3] [4] [5] Minto is also served by a side road off the main highway called the Minto Road.
Mar. 28—JUNEAU — It started with what sounded like an explosion. By mid-August 2019, Alaska's fire season had already set records. Wildfires were threatening Cooper Landing on the Kenai ...
The Miller’s Reach Fire, also known as the Big Lake Fire, was a wildfire that began on June 2, 1996 in an area around Miller’s Reach Road near Houston, Alaska, approximately 33 miles (53 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. The fire burned over 37,000 acres (15,000 ha), destroyed at least 344 structures, [3] and caused more than $10 million in ...
South of Spokane, the Winona Fire in Whitman County had burned at least 7.8 square miles (20.2 square kilometers) of grass and brush and prompted evacuations orders for Winona, a tiny hamlet of ...
See Alaska Route 2#Major intersections for the major intersections along the Alaska Route 2 section of the Richardson Highway: Fairbanks North Star: Fairbanks: 368: 592: AK-2 north (Steese Expressway) / Airport Way: Northern terminus of the Richardson Highway; Alaska Route 2 continues north as the Steese Expressway: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 ...