Our trip was not the typical one, up and down the Alaska Highway. We did drive most of the classic route, but in pieces and in different directions. Still, as the miles (kilometers 🙁 ) counted down, I got depressed, realizing our trip is nearing the end. The traffic increases as the miles count down, and the long lonely stretches of hiway up north are just a memory. We did not look for the north end of the hiway in Delta Junction, and did not slow down for the south end Mile 0 sign in Dawson Creek.
This is a typical look at the 2-lane freeway that is the modern Alaska Highway. Wide clearcuts along the sides for animal safety and snow storage?
Here is a story about one stretch of realignment.
Here is a look at an older, bypassed, stretch of the highway.
It leads to this bridge across the Kiskatinaw River.
The last, and only, curved wooden bridge still open to traffic. This is a 10 mile section of the old hiway that can be driven for fun. We were the only vehicle out there.
I did manage to take a picture of an interesting diner while I gassed up the RV.
Dawson Creek is provides support services for the oil and gas work up the hiway.
Some big grain silos at the train tracks support the farming on the plains south east of town.
I was in traffic and made no effort to get a picture of Mile 0 except through the screen on the side window.
