Alaska Highway

Summary

Alaska Highway is a road^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,077 views/month, #33 of 7,994).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alaska Highway is located in Alaska^[3].
• Alaska Highway is located in Yukon^[4].
• Alaska Highway is located in British Columbia^[5].
• Alaska Highway is in the country of Canada^[6].
• Alaska Highway is in the country of United States^[7].
• Alaska Highway's transport network is recorded as United States Numbered Highway System^[8].
• Alaska Highway's transport network is recorded as Interstate Highway System^[9].
• Alaska Highway's transport network is recorded as Alaska Routes^[10].
• Alaska Highway's instance of is recorded as road^[11].
• Alaska Highway's maintained by is recorded as Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities^[12].
• Alaska Highway's maintained by is recorded as British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure^[13].
• Alaska Highway's maintained by is recorded as Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works^[14].
• Alaska Highway is owned by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities^[15].
• Alaska Highway is owned by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure^[16].
• Alaska Highway is owned by Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works^[17].
• Alaska Highway is part of Carretera Panamericana^[18].
• Alaska Highway's Commons category is recorded as Alaska Highway^[19].
• Alaska Highway comprises Alaska Route 2^[20].
• Alaska Highway comprises British Columbia Highway 97^[21].
• Alaska Highway comprises Yukon Highway 1^[22].
• 1942 marks the founding of Alaska Highway^[23].
• Alaska Highway's terminus location is recorded as Dawson Creek^[24].
• Alaska Highway's terminus location is recorded as Delta Junction^[25].
• Alaska Highway's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.76083, 'lon': -120.23556}^[26].
• Alaska Highway's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[27].

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Geography

Country listings include Canada^[6], a dominion of the British Empire^[28], in Canada^[29], founded in 1867^[30] and United States^[7], a sovereign state^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1776^[33]. Located in include Alaska^[3], an exclave^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1959^[36], headquartered in Juneau^[37]; Yukon^[4], a territory of Canada^[38], in Canada^[39], founded in 1898^[40]; and British Columbia^[5], a province of Canada^[41], in Canada^[42], founded in 1871^[43]. Alaska Highway is part of Carretera Panamericana^[18].

Physical Characteristics

Lengths include {'unit': 'kilometre', 'amount': '+2174.7'}^[44] and {'unit': 'mile', 'amount': '+1351.3'}^[45].

Designation and Status

Alaska Highway's instance of is recorded as road^[11]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[27].

History and Context

1942 marks the founding of Alaska Highway^[23]. Owners include Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities^[15], a state department of transportation of the United States^[46], in United States^[47]; British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure^[16], a government agency^[48], in Canada^[49]; and Yukon Department of Highways and Public Works^[17], a government agency^[50], in Canada^[51].

Why It Matters

Alaska Highway ranks in the top 0.41% of road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,077 views/month, #33 of 7,994).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[52] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[53]