Alaska Highway

E112896

highway road transportation corridor

The Alaska Highway is a historic overland route stretching from British Columbia through the Yukon to Alaska, built during World War II and now serving as a major transportation corridor for the region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Alaska Highway canonical	17
Alaska Highway corridor	1
Alaska Highway from Delta Junction to Canadian border	1
Alaska Highway in Yukon	1
Alaska-Canada Highway	1
Alcan Highway	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway ⓘ road ⓘ transportation corridor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Alaska Highway ⓘ surface form: Alaska-Canada Highway Alaska Highway ⓘ surface form: Alcan Highway
builtDuring	World War II ⓘ
connects	Dawson Creek, British Columbia ⓘ Delta Junction, Alaska ⓘ Fairbanks ⓘ surface form: Fairbanks, Alaska
constructedBy	African American army regiments ⓘ Canadian workers ⓘ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers civilian contractors ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1943 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1942 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
follows	U.S. Route 2 (near Delta Junction) ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	Cassiar Highway ⓘ Klondike Highway ⓘ Richardson Highway ⓘ
historicSignificance	first overland link between Alaska and the North American road network ⓘ major World War II engineering project in the North American Arctic and subarctic ⓘ
length	approximately 1,387 miles ⓘ approximately 2,232 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Yukon ⓘ
maintainedBy	Government of British Columbia ⓘ Government of Yukon ⓘ Alaska ⓘ surface form: State of Alaska
notableFeature	crosses remote subarctic and boreal forest regions ⓘ important route for tourism to Alaska and Yukon ⓘ subject of numerous historical and travel accounts ⓘ
openedToMilitaryTraffic	1942 ⓘ
openedToPublicTraffic	1948 ⓘ
partOf	Pan-American Highway ⓘ surface form: Pan-American Highway network
passesThrough	Fort Nelson, British Columbia ⓘ Haines Junction, Yukon ⓘ Watson Lake ⓘ surface form: Watson Lake, Yukon Whitehorse ⓘ surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon
purpose	military supply route ⓘ strategic connection between Alaska and the contiguous United States ⓘ
regionServed	Yukon Territory ⓘ interior Alaska ⓘ northern British Columbia ⓘ
surface	paved ⓘ
terminusA	Dawson Creek, British Columbia ⓘ
terminusB	Delta Junction, Alaska ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska Marine Highway System → connectsWith → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Skagway → connectedByRoadTo → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Yukon → hasRoad → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Haines, Alaska → connectedTo → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Richardson Highway → hasJunctionWith → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Alaska Highway → alsoKnownAs → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alcan Highway

Alaska Highway → alsoKnownAs → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska-Canada Highway

Tok → locatedOn → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Tok → isGatewayForTravelersOn → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Delta Junction → locatedNear → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Whitehorse → highwayServedBy → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Kluane National Park and Reserve → hasAccessRoad → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Watson Lake → locatedOn → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Watson Lake → hasTransportation → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Watson Lake → roadConnection → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Haines Highway → connectedTo → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Northern British Columbia → traversedBy → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Alaska highway system → includes → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Alaska highway system → notableRoute → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska Highway from Delta Junction to Canadian border

British Columbia Highway 97 → formsPartOf → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska Highway corridor

British Columbia Highway 97 → continuesAs → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska Highway in Yukon

British Columbia Highway 97 → hasSegmentName → Alaska Highway ⓘ