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| Haines Highway |
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| Length: | 41 mi (66 km) |
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| South end: | Alaska Marine Highway in Haines |
| North end: | Alaska Highway |
- See also: Alaska Route 7
The Haines Highway or Haines Cut-Off (and still often called the Haines "Road") is a highway that connects Haines, Alaska, in the United States, with Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada, passing through the province of British Columbia. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Alaska Marine Highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS is a Ferry service operated by the government of the U Haines is a Census-designated place (CDP in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. The Alaska Highway (also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II and connects Alaska Route 7 (AK-7 is a State highway in the Alaska Panhandle of the U * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve Haines is a Census-designated place (CDP in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Haines Junction is a village in the Yukon, Canada. It is located at Kilometre 1632 (historical mile 1016 of the Alaska Highway at its junction with the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C It follows the route of the old Dalton Trail from the port of Haines inland for about 180 km (110 miles) to Klukshu, Yukon, and then continues to Haines Junction. The Dalton Trail is a Trail that runs between Pyramid Harbor west of Haines Alaska in the United States, and Fort Selkirk, in the Main list Here is a main list of communities in the territory of Yukon, Canada. The highway is about 244 km (152 miles) long, of which 72 km (41 miles) is in Alaska. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent
The highway was known as Yukon Highway 4 until 1978, when it was renumbered Highway 3. It has no number in British Columbia, but editions of The Milepost up to at least 2004 list it as Hwy 4, a number actually in use on Vancouver Island. The MILEPOST is an extensive Guide book covering Alaska, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and British Columbia. Highway 4, known locally as the Alberni Highway and the Pacific Rim Highway, is the longest east-west main vehicle route on Vancouver Island, with Vancouver Island is a large Island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British The Alaska section is part of Alaska Route 7. Alaska Route 7 (AK-7 is a State highway in the Alaska Panhandle of the U
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History
The route was originally a trail used by Chilkat Tlingit traders, which eventually became the Dalton Trail. Not to be confused with the Turkic Telengit people The Tlingit (ˈklɪŋkɪt in English also /-gɪt/ or Tlinkit /ˈtlɪŋkɪt/ which The Dalton Trail is a Trail that runs between Pyramid Harbor west of Haines Alaska in the United States, and Fort Selkirk, in the It was used by some prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898-1899; other mining kept the lower Dalton Trail active through the years following its establishment. The Klondike Gold Rush, infrequently referred to as the Yukon Gold Rush or Alaska Gold Rush, was a frenzy of Gold rush Immigration to and for The British Columbia provincial government converted its portion of the trail to a wagon road in 1909 when copper mining began at Copper Butte and Mt. Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body Glave. In 1911, 30 tons of ore were shipped from the mines.
The highway was built by the U.S. Army in 1943 as an alternate route from the Pacific Ocean to the Alaska Highway, in case the White Pass and Yukon Route railway from Skagway should be blocked. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The Alaska Highway (also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II and connects The White Pass and Yukon Route ( WP&Y, WP&YR) is a Canadian and U Skagway (ˈskægweɪ is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. The total cost of the construction was US$13 million. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
In the first decades after the war, maintenance was spotty at best; the road was plagued with blizzards in winter and mudslides in summer, and for a time in the 1960s and 1970s, all vehicles traveling the highway were monitored on radio. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A blizzard is a severe Winter storm condition characterized by low Temperatures strong Winds and heavy blowing Snow Blizzards are formed when Mudslide redirects here it is also the name of a cocktail. A mudflow or mudslide is the most rapid (up to 80 km/h / 50 mph Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Year-round access was not achieved until 1963.
Complaints over the condition of the road, primarily in Alaska, led to the U.S. Congress-funded Shakwak reconstruction project. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Shakwak Agreement, also known as the Shakwak Project, is a highway construction funding accord between the United States and Canada, reached in This project, covering the Haines Highway and the portion of the Alaska Highway from Haines Junction to the U. The Alaska Highway (also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II and connects S. border, began in 1976 and was mostly complete by the 1980s, but is still continuing, providing grade improvements, rerouting of dangerous sections, and paving. Responsibility for maintenance is currently shared between the Alaska and Yukon governments.
Towns and places along the Haines Highway
- Haines, Alaska, km 0/mile 0
- Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, km 15–50/mile 9–31
- Klukwan, Alaska, km 34/mile 21
- U.S.–Canadian border, km 66/mile 41
- Chilkat Pass (elevation 1,065m/3,493ft), km 102/mile 60
- British Columbia–Yukon border, km 145/mile 87
- Klukshu, Yukon, km 183/mile 112
- Haines Junction, Yukon, km 244/mile 152
See also
External links
- Road Conditions - Alaska Department of Transportation
- Road Conditions - Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works
- Road History - Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center
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