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The Denali Highway is Open for Public Travel

By Caitlyn Frye | Alaska DOT and PFF on May 20, 2018 Featured, Interior Alaska, State

(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) –The Denali Highway is now open from Cantwell on the Parks Highway to Paxson on the Richardson Highway. The opening of the Denali Highway, originally scheduled for May 15, was delayed due to above-average snowpack and several late spring storms that significantly slowed plowing efforts. Beginning in mid-April, maintenance and operations crews with […]

Denali Highway Summer Opening Delayed until June 1st

By Caitlyn Frye | Alaska DOT and PFF on May 11, 2018 General News

(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The summer opening of the Denali Highway has been delayed until June 1, 2018. The 135-mile road runs between Cantwell on the Parks Highway, to Paxson on the Richardson Highway and was scheduled to open on May 15. Beginning in mid-April, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) maintenance and operations […]