A large rock fell off of a construction vehicle traveling in the construction zone near mile 58.7 of the Sterling Highway on Thursday afternoon killing an eight-year-old boy, troopers are reporting. Troopers responded to the scene on the Sterling Highway 10 miles from Cooper Landing at 1:23 pm on Thursday after receiving a report that a volleyball-sized rock had […]
(Anchorage, Alaska)–Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Division Administrator Sandra Garcia-Aline signed the Record of Decision (ROD) today for the Sterling Highway Milepost 45-60 project, commonly known as the “Cooper Landing Bypass Project.” The ROD formally selects the Juneau Creek Alternative as the preferred alternative for the project. The Juneau Creek Alternative provides the best balance between […]
JUNEAU – The Federal Highway Administration and Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facility signed the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Cooper Landing Bypass on the Sterling Highway, which concludes an EIS process that has taken longer than any other in the history of the Federal Highway Administration. This signing allows the State […]
Mirror contact between two semis on the Sterling highway resulted in a larger accident on the Sterling Highway early Friday morning, In winter conditions with snow and blowing snow at mile 45 of the Sterling Highway, a northbound semi hauling a single trailer and a southbound semi hauling double trailers encountered each other too closely […]