Road Conditions Alaska and Yukon
I'm heading South from having driven up through BC, Yukon and Alaska and now am between Whitehorse and Teslin heading South. Here is an update on some road conditions. First: Alaska. The Richardson fr...
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"In the good old days, 50 years ago, when the highway was gravel it could be graded every few months and smoothed out. Now, even my little Honda Fit will go for a flight now and then, and it isn't uncommon to see RVers with damaged hitches and axles."
It was almost an article of faith back in the olden times that the road would smooth out on the Canadian side: poorly maintained asphalt and/or tarred roads on the U.S. side vs. well graded gravel on the other side of the border.
On many of my trips, and remember, these are fading into the mists of time, the leg from the border to Tok or Northway or wherever, was often the slowest part of the trip.
....except for the part around Destruction Bay; that's always been bad even if only in a relative sense.
It was almost an article of faith back in the olden times that the road would smooth out on the Canadian side: poorly maintained asphalt and/or tarred roads on the U.S. side vs. well graded gravel on the other side of the border.
On many of my trips, and remember, these are fading into the mists of time, the leg from the border to Tok or Northway or wherever, was often the slowest part of the trip.
....except for the part around Destruction Bay; that's always been bad even if only in a relative sense.
