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April 23, 1951
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
What is this article about?
The 1952 Alaska road program emphasizes national defense needs amid emergency, focusing on reconstructing and hard-surfacing main roads, completing the Seward-Anchorage Highway, advancing roads to Eagle and Mt. McKinley National Park, and maintaining various local and peninsula roads.
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Alaska Road Program Closely Geared to Needs of National Defense
JUNEAU - The Alaska road program for 1952 is closely geared to the needs of National Defense. This is required by the present national emergency. Reconstruction and improvement of the main roads, together with their hard surfacing with a "blacktop" surface, will continue to receive the major emphasis.
Much additional reconstruction and improvement, replacement of bridges, and elimination of driving hazards will accompany the work of hard surfacing. At the same time the construction of the new Seward-Anchorage Highway along Turnagain Arm will be pushed to completion, and this Highway, when finished, will be one of the most useful and beautiful roads in Alaska. Work on other roads now under construction will be continued, but no new projects have been authorized except those with definite National Defense significance.
During the summer of 1951, it is anticipated that the new road extending from the Alaska Highway at Tetlin Junction, near Tok, to Eagle, Alaska, and Dawson, Yukon Territory, will be completed in passable condition all the way to Eagle.
Work will be continued upon the new road to connect Mt. McKinley National Park with the main Alaska road system.
Funds have been requested for a new bridge across the Chena River at Fairbanks. and it is hoped that this important project can be commenced during the coming season.
Seward Peninsula Road Work
It is proposed to continue the usual maintenance of the Nome road system. These roads include the Nome-Council Road which was completed in 1950, the Seward Peninsula Tram Road, extending 80 miles northward from Nome, and its extension the Bunker Hill-Taylor Road serving the miners of the Kougarok. Assistance is planned during the coming summer to provide access to the operations of the United States Tin Corporation at Lost River west of Nome, an operation in which the United States Bureau of Mines is interested. Local roads at Deering. Takotna, Dillingham, Illiamna, Talkeetna, Colorado, Ferry, Ruby, Manley Hot Springs, Rampart Wiseman, and many other isolated localities will be given maintenance, and where possible, improved.
JUNEAU - The Alaska road program for 1952 is closely geared to the needs of National Defense. This is required by the present national emergency. Reconstruction and improvement of the main roads, together with their hard surfacing with a "blacktop" surface, will continue to receive the major emphasis.
Much additional reconstruction and improvement, replacement of bridges, and elimination of driving hazards will accompany the work of hard surfacing. At the same time the construction of the new Seward-Anchorage Highway along Turnagain Arm will be pushed to completion, and this Highway, when finished, will be one of the most useful and beautiful roads in Alaska. Work on other roads now under construction will be continued, but no new projects have been authorized except those with definite National Defense significance.
During the summer of 1951, it is anticipated that the new road extending from the Alaska Highway at Tetlin Junction, near Tok, to Eagle, Alaska, and Dawson, Yukon Territory, will be completed in passable condition all the way to Eagle.
Work will be continued upon the new road to connect Mt. McKinley National Park with the main Alaska road system.
Funds have been requested for a new bridge across the Chena River at Fairbanks. and it is hoped that this important project can be commenced during the coming season.
Seward Peninsula Road Work
It is proposed to continue the usual maintenance of the Nome road system. These roads include the Nome-Council Road which was completed in 1950, the Seward Peninsula Tram Road, extending 80 miles northward from Nome, and its extension the Bunker Hill-Taylor Road serving the miners of the Kougarok. Assistance is planned during the coming summer to provide access to the operations of the United States Tin Corporation at Lost River west of Nome, an operation in which the United States Bureau of Mines is interested. Local roads at Deering. Takotna, Dillingham, Illiamna, Talkeetna, Colorado, Ferry, Ruby, Manley Hot Springs, Rampart Wiseman, and many other isolated localities will be given maintenance, and where possible, improved.
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Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Exploration
What keywords are associated?
Alaska Road Program
National Defense
Highway Construction
Seward Anchorage Highway
Mt Mckinley Park
Seward Peninsula Roads
Nome Road System
Where did it happen?
Alaska
Story Details
Location
Alaska
Event Date
1952
Story Details
The Alaska road program for 1952 prioritizes national defense by reconstructing and hard-surfacing main roads, completing the Seward-Anchorage Highway, finishing the road to Eagle, connecting Mt. McKinley National Park, building a bridge at Fairbanks, and maintaining various local roads including those on the Seward Peninsula.