Best RV Parks to stay in Alaska
We will be leaving for a three month trip to Alaska from NC in early July. Once in Alaska, we will be traveling the usual routes and areas (Fairbanks, Denali, Mat-Su Valley, Kenai Peninsula, Valdez an...
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I think I had lived in Alaska for 20 or more years before I knew that Alaska highways even had numbers. As PA12 says, they were just referred to by name, or where they ended up. In Nenana, where we lived the last 13 years, the Parks Hwy was often referred to as the Anchorage or Fairbanks highway, depending on which way you were headed.
I suspect the numbering started when Alaska started receiving Interstate Highway money for some of the roads. The Parks Hwy has an Interstate Highway number for funding. Some Alaska and Hawaii roads are part of the "hiden" Interstate system, funded but not signed as such and don't have to comply with all the regular Interstate requirements.
I suspect the numbering started when Alaska started receiving Interstate Highway money for some of the roads. The Parks Hwy has an Interstate Highway number for funding. Some Alaska and Hawaii roads are part of the "hiden" Interstate system, funded but not signed as such and don't have to comply with all the regular Interstate requirements.
