Alaska Route 10
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| Overall length: | Copper River Highway: 79.7 km (49.5 mi) Edgerton Highway: 53 km (33 mi) |
| Important cities: | Cordova , Chitina |
The Alaska Route 10 consists of two unconnected sections of road in the south of the American state of Alaska , both at the Copper River end.
The southern section, the Copper River Highway , leads from 2nd Street in Cordova along the Pacific coast in an easterly direction to the mouth of the Copper River, crosses it and runs a short distance upstream to the Miles Glacier Bridge ( Million Dollar Bridge ). The road is 79.7 km (49.5 mi) in length.
The northern section, the Edgerton Highway , branches off to the east at mile 82.5 of the Richardson Highway , 30 km south of Copper Center . It runs along the Tonsina River to the Copper River and a piece along the west bank downstream to McCarthy Road in Chitina (length 53 km / 33 mi).