Seward Highway
Seward Highway | |
---|---|
Data | |
Location: | Seward - Anchorage , Alaska , USA |
Length: | 202 km (125 miles) |
Construction time: | 1923 - October 9, 1951, 1952 |
Cities and places on the highway: | |
The Seward Highway is a road in the US state of Alaska that stretches for 201 kilometers (125 miles) between Seward and Anchorage . It was completed in 1951 and runs across the Kenai Peninsula , through the Chugach National Forest , the Cook Inlet and the Kenai Mountains . The Seward Highway is marked as Alaska Route 9 for the first 37 mi (60 km) to the Sterling Highway . The rest of the way to Anchorage, it is known as Alaska Route 1 . At the junction with Sterling Highway, Alaska Route 1 turns west towards Sterling and Homer . Approximately 8 mi (13 km) of the highway is within the Anchorage city limits, where it is developed as a freeway . In Anchorage, the highway ends at the intersection with 5th Avenue.
The first section of Steward Highway was completed in 1923; the construction of the entire road was completed on October 9, 1951. In 1952 the whole route was paved . In 1989 the highway was designated a scenic byway by the United States Forest Service .
Route
Locality | mile | kilometre | Crossing with |
---|---|---|---|
Seward | 0 | 0 | Railway Avenue |
Bear Creek | 4th | 6th | Herman Leirer Road |
Primrose | 17th | 27 | Primrose Lane Road |
Moose Pass | 36-37 | 59-60 |
Alaska Route 1 |
56 | 90 | Hope Highway | |
Portage glacier | 78 | 126 | Portage Glacier Highway |
Anchorage | 125 | 202 | East 20th Avenue |
gallery
The highway between the Chugach Mountains and Turnagain Arm , with the Kenai Mountains in the background
Overview of Seward and the surrounding area, including Bear Creek . The southern end of the highway runs through the center of the picture
Seward Highway in the Chugach National Forest
Winter view of the highway at kilometer 156 (mile 97), looking north, the Chugach Mountains in the background , the tracks of the Alaska Railroad to the left of the road
Overview of the highway. In the background you can see the Cook Inlet and the Kenai Mountains