Tagish Road

Highway 8 in Yukon, Canada
Tagish Road
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Basic data
Operator:	Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works
Start of the street:	Jake's Corner ( 60 ° 20 ′  N , 133 ° 59 ′  W )
End of street:	Carcross ( 60 ° 10 ′  N , 134 ° 42 ′  W )
Overall length:	53 km
Region :
Course of the road NW to Whitehorse , E to Johnson's Crossing Jake's Corner S to Atlin (British Columbia) Tagish River Tagish Carcross S to White Pass (Alaska), N to Whitehorse  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Tagish Road (also known as Yukon Highway 8 ) is a 53 km long paved road in the Canadian Yukon Territory , which Jake's Corner on the Alaska Highway with Carcross on Klondike Highway connects.

About one mile from Jake's Corner is the end of Atlin Road . The small settlement of Tagish is about 12 miles from Jake's Corner.

Until the completion of the Alaska Highway in 1943 along Marsh Lake , Tagish Road was a section of the original Alaska Highway, and opened in the fall of 1942. For many years a long wooden bridge was the only way to cross the Tagish River . It has now been replaced by a more stable bridge, and the first 19 km of the road have also been straightened.