Dalton Highway
The James W. Dalton Highway, usually called the Dalton Highway and signed as the Alaska Route 11, is a road in Alaska. It used to be called North Slope Haul Road, and some people still call it this. The road is 414 miles (666 km) long. It starts from the Elliott Highway just north of Fairbanks and travels north, ending near to the Arctic Ocean coast at Deadhorse. It follows the path next to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Many people think the highway is one of the most dangerous in the world. It was on one of the episodes of the BBC's programe World's Most Dangerous Roads.[1][2]
Dalton Highway | ||||
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| James W. Dalton Highway North Slope Haul Road | ||||
 Dalton Highway highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Alaska DOT&PF | ||||
| Length | 414 mi (666 km) | |||
| Existed | 1974–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  AK-2 (Elliot Highway) near Livengood | |||
| North end | East Lake Colleen Drive in Deadhorse | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Alaska | |||
| Boroughs | Unorganized, North Slope | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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There are only three very small towns along the route: Coldfoot (population: 10), Wiseman (population: 22), and Deadhorse (population: 25). Prospect Creek and Galbraith Lake only have campers there, and nobody lives there.[3] The road is made mostly of gravel. About 109 miles (175 km) of the road is paved. People who travel on the road are told to bring first aid kits and other items for survival, in case they have an emergency.
References
change- ↑ "Dalton Highway". United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
- ↑ "BBC Two — World's Most Dangerous Roads, Series 1, Alaska". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- ↑ 2008 edition of The Milepost, pp. 517-529 (Morris Communications Company)