Klondike Highway

The Klondike Highway is a highway that connects the Alaskan coastal town of Skagway to Dawson City in the Yukon. The road runs parallel to the route that prospectors used in the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.

In the Yukon, the road is known as Yukon Highway 2, during which it is characterized in Alaska as Alaska Route 98. By 1978 the non- opened section between the border of British Columbia and Carcross no official highway number, the highway north of Carcross to the Alaska Highway had Highway was designated 5 and the final section between Stewart Crossing and Dawson was called Highway 3 The section through British Columbia is now managed by the Government of the Yukon, and carries the name of Yukon Highway 2

Course

The Klondike Highway screws into Alaska during 24 km (15 mi ) to the top, over the White Pass in the Coast Mountains and crossed the Canadian border there. The road passes during 56 km (35 mi) through British Columbia and the Yukon and then reached the Alaska Highway near Whitehorse.

History

South Klondike Highway

The original 53 km ( 33 mi ), which is known in the region as Carcross Road, 1942 was originally considered part of the Alaska Highway, until a road was opened to Marsh Lake a year later. Referred to as Yukon Highway 5 she formed with the then Highway 6, the Tagish Road, ( now known as Yukon Highway 8 ). The street was renamed in 1978 to Highway 2, because it was recounted to the Klondike highway system. During the 1980s, the highway was massively expanded. Residents, which up to 25 km (16 mi) from Alaska Highway live away, give their address still at historical mile details of which begin at the Alaska Highway, although these are no longer accurate due to corrections, and the milestones the distance to the specify ferry terminal in Skagway.

The construction of " Carcross - Skagway Street " began in the 1950s and was interrupted during the ascent to a pass. 1976/77, the construction was resumed and in August 1978, the road between Skagway and Carcross was finished. This year, the highway was still open for a few weeks before it was closed for the winter. The first full season was 1979.

Originally built as a tourist road, the road was gradually becoming more important to commercial traffic, which indicates the end of the White Pass and Yukon Railway meant, which is now only open for tourists. The new owners of the Faro mine agreed with the government that the road should remain open all year. In the winter of 1985/86 she was locked for the last time over the winter.

The highway section between Carcross and Skagway was during the 1980s and 1990s repeatedly straightened and paved massive. Although the road is no longer navigate through the mine traffic, it is still often used by tankers and tourists.

North Klondike Highway

The quality of the road from Whitehorse to Dawson City was bad before 1950 and only suitable for the toughest and most durable vehicles and travelers. The " Whitehorse - Mayo Street," the original Highway 2, resulted from Whitehorse to Stewart Crossing, and turned to the northeast by Mayo, Elsa and Keno City.

Most important intersections

United States (Alaska)

Canada (British Columbia)

Canada ( Yukon )