The Alaska Highway was constructed during World War II and connects the Continental U.S. to Alaska through Canada.
It runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. Although the highway was completed on October 28, 1942 and its completion was celebrated at Soldier’s Summit on November 21st, the “highway” was not usable by general vehicles until 1943. It is 2,451 kilometres or 1,523 miles long.
The historic end of the highway is near milepost 1422, where it meets the Richardson Highway in Delta Junction, Alaska, about 160 km (100 mi) southeast of Fairbanks. Mileposts on the Richardson Highway are numbered from Valdez, Alaska. The Alaska Highway is popularly considered part of the Pan-American Highway, which extends south to Argentina.
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