 The highway and pipeline run generally parallel to each other; this segment is between the Arctic Circle and Coldfoot. The Dalton Highway is a 666 km (414 mile) long road that begins north of Fairbanks, Alaska, at a junction with the Elliott Highway and terminates near the Arctic Ocean in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Once known as the Haul Road, it was built as a supply road to support the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in 1974. The Dalton Highway is designated as Alaska State Highway 11. Photo of Dalton Highway paralleled by Alaska Pipeline, taken July 1998 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Photo of Dalton Highway paralleled by Alaska Pipeline, taken July 1998 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ...
Coldfoot is a census-designated place located in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. ...
Location in Alaska Founded -Incorporated {{{incorporated}}} County Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Steve M. Thompson Area - Total - Water 84. ...
The Elliott Highway is a highway in Alaska that extends from Fox, about 16 km (10 miles) north of Fairbanks to Manley Hot Springs, a distance of 260 km (162 miles). ...
Prudhoe Bay is a census-designated place located in North Slope Borough, Alaska. ...
Map of the pipeline The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), usually called the Alyeska Pipeline in Alaska or the Alaska Pipeline elsewhere, is a major U.S. oil pipeline connecting oil fields in northern Alaska to a sea port where the oil can be shipped to the Lower 48 states...
The Dalton Highway is named after James Dalton, an Alaska-born engineer who supervised construction of the Distant Early Warning Line in Alaska and, as an expert in Arctic engineering, served as consultant in early oil exploration in northern Alaska. The Dalton Highway should not be confused with the Dalton Trail, a trail in southeastern Alaska used by Tlingit and early gold prospectors. A rough map of the three warning lines The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in...
The Dalton Trail is a trail that runs between the Pacific Ocean at Pyramid Harbor, west of Haines, Alaska in the United States and Fort Selkirk, in the Yukon Territory of Canada. ...
A Tlingit totem pole in Ketchikan ca. ...
In the past, most of length of the Dalton Highway has been gravel, with narrow shoulders and steep grades. However, in recent years a plan has been put into place to pave the entire length of the road, which is currently about halfway completed.
 The E. L. Patton Yukon River Bridge carries the Highway over the Yukon River north of Fairbanks. Photo of the E.L. Patton bridge over the Yukon River, taken July 1998 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Photo of the E.L. Patton bridge over the Yukon River, taken July 1998 by User:Stan Shebs File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Yukon River is a watercourse of northern North America. ...
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Introduction Alaskan Highways have two types: numbered and named. ...
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