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'Alaska Routes' are both numbered and named. There have been only twelve numbers issued (1—11 and 98), and the numbering has no pattern; for example, Alaska Route 4 runs north-south, whereas Alaska Route 2 runs somewhat east-west. The Klondike Highway, built in 1978, was unnumbered until 1998, when it was given its designation during the centennial of the Klondike Gold Rush. Many Alaskan highways of greater length than the Klondike Highway remain unnumbered, however.
Numbers and names do not always coincide well. Alaska Route 1 can refer to any of the Glenn Highway, Seward Highway, Sterling Highway, or Tok Cut-Off, while the Seward Highway is numbered both 1 and 9. Highways 7 and 10 consist of multiple separately named segments that do not even closely approach each other.
Within Alaska, roads are almost invariably referred to by name, and not by number(s). Most residents are unfamiliar with official highway numbers even for those highways that they use frequently. Visitors are usually advised to avoid using highway numbers in asking for directions. Mileposts (frequently used for addressing in rural areas) are also reckoned by name.

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Highways by number

Highways by name

List of U.S. Highways in Alaska

See also

External links

Highways by number

Number	Name(s)	Route
Alaska Route 1	Tok Cut-Off Glenn Highway Seward Highway Sterling Highway	Tok to Homer
Alaska Route 2	Alaska Highway Richardson Highway Steese Highway Elliott Highway	Canadian border to Manley Hot Springs
Alaska Route 3	Parks Highway	Mile 35 (km 56) Glenn Highway to Fairbanks
Alaska Route 4	Richardson Highway	Valdez to Delta Junction
Alaska Route 5	Taylor Highway	Tetlin Junction (Alaska Highway) to Eagle
Alaska Route 6	Steese Highway	Fox to Circle
Alaska Route 7	Haines Highway Egan Drive Mitkof Highway Tongass Highway	''discontinuous''; Haines to Canadian border with segments in Juneau, Petersburg, and Ketchikan
Alaska Route 8	Denali Highway	Paxson to Cantwell
Alaska Route 9	Seward Highway	Seward to Tern Lake Junction (Sterling Highway)
Alaska Route 10	Edgerton Highway Copper River Highway	''discontinuous''; Mile 83 (km 133) Richardson Highway to Chitina and Cordova to Million Dollar Bridge
Alaska Route 11	Dalton Highway	Mile 73 (km 117) Elliott Highway to Deadhorse
Alaska Route 98	Klondike Highway	Skagway to Canadian border

Highways by name

Many roads in Alaska are not numbered at all; a few of these are listed below in addition to those above.

Name	Number(s)	Route
Alaska Highway		Canadian border to Delta Junction
Alaska Peninsula Highway	none	Naknek to King Salmon
Chena Hot Springs Road	none	Fairbanks to Chena Hot Springs
Copper River Highway		Cordova to Million Dollar Bridge
Dalton Highway		Mile 73 (km 118) Elliott Highway to Deadhorse
Denali Highway		Paxson to Cantwell
Denali Park Road	none	Mile 237 (km 382) Parks Highway to Kantishna
Douglas Highway	none	Travels the length of Douglas
Edgerton Highway		Mile 83 (km 133) Richardson Highway to Chitina
Egan Drive		Juneau to Auke Bay
Elliott Highway		Fox to Manley Hot Springs
Glenn Highway		Anchorage to Glennallen
Haines Highway		Haines to Canadian border
Hope Highway	none	Mile 57 (km 70) Seward Highway to Hope
Kenai Spur Highway	none	Soldotna to Nikiski
Klondike Highway		Skagway to Canadian border
McCarthy Road	none	Chitina to McCarthy
Mitkof Highway		Petersburg to southern Mitkof Island
Nome-Council Highway	none	Nome to Council
Nome-Taylor Highway	none	Nome to Taylor
Nome-Teller Highway	none	Nome to Teller
Palmer-Wasilla Highway	none	Palmer to Wasilla
Parks Highway		Mile 35 (km 56) Glenn Highway to Fairbanks
Richardson Highway		Valdez to Fairbanks
Salmon River Road	none	Canadian border at Stewart, British Columbia through Hyder and back to border, connecting to abandoned roads to former Granduc Mine
Seward Highway		Seward to Anchorage
Steese Highway		Fairbanks to Circle
Sterling Highway		Tern Lake Junction (Mile 37 (km 59) Seward Highway) to Homer
Taylor Highway		Tetlin Junction (Mile 1301 (km 2093) Alaska Highway) to Eagle
Tok Cut-Off		Gakona Junction (Mile 129 (km 207) Richardson Highway) to Tok
Top of the World Highway	none	Jack Wade Junction (Mile 96 (km 154) Taylor Highway) to Canadian border
Tongass Highway		Ketchikan north to Settlers Cove and south to Saxman
Zimovia Highway	none	Wrangell to McCormick Creek Road

List of U.S. Highways in Alaska

★ At one time, the Alaskan portion of the Alaska Highway was proposed to be designated part of U.S. Highway 97, but this was never carried out.

See also

★ List of state highways in the United States

★ List of Canadian highways by province
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★ List of British Columbia provincial highways
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★ List of Yukon territorial highways

External links

★ Map of Alaska state highways and numbers from AkDOT-PF, in PDF format; requires Adobe Reader

★ Road Signs of Alaska

★ Highways in Alaska web page