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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Hawley Sterling and Ben Woods completed a 13-day, 145-mile backpacking reconnaissance hike over the proposed highway route connecting Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska. The Army prioritizes the $1.5 million project. Summer road construction progressed well, including roads from Candle Landing to Takotna, Fairbanks relocation, and Bunker Hill-Kougarok.
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Army Wants Highway Connecting Anchorage and Fairbanks
A 145-mile hike over the route of a proposed highway connecting Anchorage and the Richardson Highway was completed last week by Hawley Sterling, Assistant Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, and Ben Woods, A.R.C. transitman from Valdez.
Sterling, who returned to Juneau on the steamer Columbia says the going was not so good."
The two men left the Highway at Mile 111 and hiked to Sutton on a branch line of the Alaska Railroad, making the reconnaissance trip in 13 days of backpacking.
Army Wants Road
A road over the country he traveled would cost approximately a million and a half dollars, Sterling said. He admitted that due to the Army's great interest in connecting up its Anchorage and Fairbanks bases by road, the project is now "at the top of the list" of Alaska Road Commission new construction for the future.
Sterling, who has been in the interior all summer, said good progress was made on Alaska Road Commission new construction due to the most favorable weather conditions ever known in the Territory.
The three major construction jobs of the summer were (1) a road from Candle Landing to Takotna, (2) relocation of 15 miles of highway out of Fairbanks necessitated by the Richardson Highway's being intercepted by a dike of the Tanana River Flood Control project and (3) the Bunker Hill-Kougarok road.
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Alaska
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Last Week
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hike completed in 13 days; proposed road estimated at $1.5 million; project prioritized due to army interest; good progress on summer constructions due to favorable weather.
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Hawley Sterling and Ben Woods hiked 145 miles from Mile 111 of the Highway to Sutton to reconnaissance the route for a proposed highway connecting Anchorage and the Richardson Highway. Sterling reported challenging terrain. The Army seeks the road to link Anchorage and Fairbanks bases. Additional summer projects included road from Candle Landing to Takotna, 15-mile Fairbanks highway relocation for Tanana River Flood Control, and Bunker Hill-Kougarok road.