Why Does Alaska Have Interstate Highways? Looking at a highway map of Alaska, things pretty immediately look out of place. The state is simply too big and too rural for an extensive state highway ...

Have you ever driven the Alcan — or just wished you could? The 1,520-mile road through Canada and Alaska is a magnet for adventurous travelers. There are some hardships: rough pavement, dust, mud, and ...

A massive flood has wreaked havoc on the Dalton Highway, Alaska’s critical lifeline to the Prudhoe Bay oil fields, leaving a gaping 80-foot-wide hole in the road. The disaster struck on Saturday, ...

Repairs to a section of the Alaska Highway in British Columbia near the Yukon border are expected to take more than a month before the road can reopen fully again, according to Canadian authorities.

The Alaska Highway serves as the gateway to the North. The world-famous highway traverses more than 1,000 miles through Canada before reaching its terminus in Interior Alaska. Built during World War ...

BUTTE — State officials are monitoring the Matanuska River water level in Butte after flooding triggered by ice dams on the river crept within feet of the roadway over the weekend. Water from the ...

Joe Adrian animatedly shares recollections of his father's military service -- a unique period that included participation in the construction of the Alaska Highway and the creation of maps for Gen.

For seven decades, the Alaska Highway has mesmerized adventure-seeking travelers. In one breathtaking stretch through the Yukon, glacier lakes and rivers snake through aspen forests and rugged ...

Wildfires near Anchorage have burned buildings, forced evacuations and blocked highway traffic. Unusually dry weather has fueled the fires in... Alaska Wildfires Damage The State's Major Highways, ...

In the middle of March 1942, approximately one month after President Franklin Rosevelt authorized the highway, the Army Corps of Engineers began arriving in Alaska. More than 10,000 soldiers came with ...