Alaska Highway

noun

1. a highway in northwestern Canada and Alaska, extending from eastern British Columbia to Fairbanks: built as a U.S. military supply route 1942. 1,523 miles (2,452 km) long.

Alaska Highway

noun

1. a road extending from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska: built by the US Army (1942). Length: 2452 km (1523 miles) Originally calledAlcan Highway

Example Sentences

Two dogs were killed and seven injured in November on a team belonging to five-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey on a remote Alaska highway used as a training trail in the winter.

From Seattle Times

Musher Jaye Foucher withdrew after her sled dog team in January veered onto a busy Alaska highway and collided with a pickup truck, killing one of the dogs and injuring three others.

From Seattle Times

Only one person died of COVID-19 and 20 people got sick in Tanacross, an Athabascan village of 140 whose rustic wood cabins and other homes are nestled between the Alaska Highway and Tanana River.

From Seattle Times

Troopers in a statement said they were notified Monday evening that a child had been run over on a trail near Mile 1294 of the Alaska Highway.

From Seattle Times

Beaver Creek, which relies heavily on traffic from the Alaska Highway, has suffered economically amid travel restrictions during the pandemic.

From Seattle Times