Alaska Route 2

Infobox road
state=AK
type=AK
route=2
alternate_name=Elliott Highway, Steese Highway (part), Richardson Highway (part), and Alaska Highway
maint=AKDOT


length_mi=456.91
length_round=2
length_ref=
established=
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Manley Hot Springs
junction=jct|state=AK|AK|11|name1=Dalton Hwy at Livengood
jct|state=AK|AK|3|name1=Parks Hwy in Fairbanks
jct|state=AK|AK|4|name1=Richardson Hwy in Delta Jct
jct|state=AK|AK|1|name1=Tok Cut-Off Hwy at Tok
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=YT|Hwy|1|name1=Alaska Hwy towards Whitehorse, YT
previous_type=AK
previous_route=1
next_type=AK
next_route=3

Alaska Route 2 is a state highway in the central and east-central portions of the U.S. state of Alaska. It runs from Manley Hot Springs via Fairbanks to the Yukon Territory, including the entire length of the Alaska Highway in the state.

Route description

Route 2 begins at a dead end near the Tanana River at Manley Hot Springs, where the Elliott Highway begins. Until the junction with the Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11) at Livengood, Route 2 is a minor road used only for local access; beyond Livengood it carries traffic to and from the Dalton Highway. At the junction with Alaska Route 6 (Steese Highway) at Fox, the Elliott Highway ends and Route 2 follows the Steese Highway south into Fairbanks. The Steese Highway becomes the Richardson Highway at Airport Way, the former route of the Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3). The Parks Highway junction is now about a mile south along the Richardson Highway, which then leaves Fairbanks to the southeast. In Delta Junction, at the northwest end of the Alaska Highway, Route 2 leaves the Richardson Highway for the Alaska Highway, while the Richardson Highway continues south as Alaska Route 4. After passing the ends of the Tok Cut-Off Highway (Alaska Route 1) at Tok and the Taylor Highway (Alaska Route 5) just beyond, Route 2 becomes Yukon Highway 1 at the Canadian border.Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, [http://www.dot.state.ak.us/stwdplng/highwaydata/pub/routelists/nhs_mapset2006final.pdf National Highway System Maps] , April 2006] Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, [http://dicketool.com/Links_Info/MUTCD/StatesMUTCD/AK03SUP.pdf Alaska Traffic Manual Supplement] , January 17, 2003]

Route 2 is an unsigned part of the Interstate Highway System east of Fairbanks. The entire length of Interstate A-2 follows Route 2 from the Parks Highway (Interstate A-4) junction in Fairbanks to Tok, east of which Route 2 carries Interstate A-1 off the Tok Cut-Off Highway to the national border. [Federal Highway Administration, [http://hepgis.fhwa.dot.gov/hepgis_v2/Highway/Map.aspx Viewer] , accessed August 2007] [Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, [http://www.dot.state.ak.us/stwdplng/highwaydata/pub/routelists/interstate_mapset2006final.pdf Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Routes] , April 2006] Only a short piece of the Richardson Highway in Fairbanks is built to freeway standards.

Major intersections

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