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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The Ketchikan Chronicle proposes linking Alaska's panhandle coastal towns, like Ketchikan, to the planned International highway from interior Alaska to the lower states, to provide economic and transportation benefits to the populous region despite challenges in building such a road.
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The proposed International highway would connect interior Alaska with the States.
With the current near-boom along the railroad belt, such a highway would serve an increasing population, an area capable of supporting millions.
Still, the most populous part of Alaska-our own part, the panhandle would reap almost no benefit from the highway. That is, we should get no benefit unless we get busy with the idea of linking our coastal towns with the route. After all, it is no more fantastic to talk of building a road from Ketchikan to the highway than it is to talk of building the highway itself. In fact, the terminus now is virtually in the latitude of Ketchikan.
The road would be a lone one. It could not be a first class highway. But it would do much to open up mineral and agricultural lands, much to help Alaska by making it accessible by still another means of transportation.
-Ketchikan Chronicle
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Alaska Panhandle
Outcome
potential benefits including access to mineral and agricultural lands and additional transportation means
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The proposed International highway would connect interior Alaska with the States, serving increasing population along the railroad belt. The panhandle would gain no benefit unless coastal towns are linked to the route, such as a road from Ketchikan to the highway terminus near its latitude. The road would open up lands and improve accessibility.