George Parks Highway

The George Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3 ) is a main road in the U.S. state of Alaska, which connects to a length of 520 kilometers from the Glenn Highway north of Anchorage to Fairbanks in the Interior. The original name of the road was completed in 1971 Anchorage - Fairbanks Highway. In 1975 it was renamed in honor of George Alexander Parks, a former governor of Alaska, to its present name.

The George Parks Highway runs parallel to the Alaska Railroad over long distances. He is the main link between Anchorage and Fairbanks, the two largest cities of Alaska, and the only road access to Denali National Park and the main route to the Matanuska- Susitna Valley northeast of Anchorage.

The chainage of the highway begins at the southern end with the Milepost for mile 35 because 56 miles from downtown Anchorage to the junction of the George Parks Highway from the Glenn Highway near Palmer be counted.

Course

After the branch from the Glenn Highway to the George Parks Highway first few kilometers to the west, before turning along the Talkeetna Mountains to the north. It follows from around the junction with the Hatcher Pass Road to the Susitna River from Talkeetna and the Chulitna River. He passes the west in the Mount McKinley and runs parallel to the Nenana River from Cantwell. At kilometer 382, the entrance to Denali National Park. In Nenana, 86 kilometers from Fairbanks, Tanana River crosses the highway and turn off the northwest. In Fairbanks the Richardson Highway continues towards Delta Junction and the Steese Highway to Circle on the Yukon.