State Route 1 South - Girdwood to Kenai Peninsula

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The Turnagain Arm mud flats south of Bird Point.
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Looking south at the mud flats on Turnagain Arm near Seward Highway milepost 92.5
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SR 1 curves east into the community of Girdwood where Seward Highway meets Alyeska Highway north.
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Mount Alyeska appears beyond Girdwood from SR 1 at Tidewater Slough.
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Alyeska Resort ski area lies at the end of Alyeska Highway in the community of Alyeska.
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Alyeska Highway arcs 2.93 miles northeast from SR 1 at Girwood to Arlberg Avenue in Alyeska.
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Girdwood represents the last gas station along SR 1 southbound for 85 miles until Soldotna.
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SR 1 (Seward Highway) crosses Glacier Creek southeast of Main Street in Girdwood.
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The last reassurance for SR 1 south posted until Hope junction stands beyond Glacier Creek.
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The turn off from SR 1 (Seward Highway) for Whittier is nine miles ahead at Portage Glacier Road.
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SR 1 south enters Chugach National Forest near Seward Highway mile marker 86.
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Peterson Creek drains into Turnagain Arm west from Blueberry Hill.
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Mountains on the Kenai Peninsula to the south of Turnagain Arm at Seattle Creek.
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Seward Highway spans 20 Mile River at the former town site of Portage.
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SR 1 south at the Alaska Railroad Portage Depot.
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The bridge over Portage Creek Number One is one of nine being replaced by the Seward Highway Milepost 75-90 Rehabilitation Project underway from 2018 through 2023.¹
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Portage Glacier Highway stems 5.13 miles east from SR 1 just beyond Portage Creek Number Two to Whittier Access Road. Whittier is 9.39 miles to the east beyond the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel.
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Bartlett Glacier and Spencer Lake feed the waters along Placer River to the south.
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The Seward Highway Milepost 75-90 Rehabilitation Project constructs a new span for SR 1 across the Placer River.
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Placer River Overflow
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SR 1 (Seward Highway) plies across an area of wetlands by the mouth of the Placer River.
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SR 1 south at Turnagain Pass.
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Turnagain Rest Area
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SR 1 (Seward Highway) parallels the East Fork of Sixmile Creek northwest to Hope Road.
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Seward Highway was realigned onto a straighter course leading northwest to Hope junction. Portions of the former route were repurposed into a multi use trail.
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The community of Hope lies along the south coastline of Turnagain Arm.
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Hope Road spurs 17.90 miles north to Sunrise and west to Hope.
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SR 1 (Seward Highway) along Summit Lake falls within an avalanche area.
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Summit Lake feeds Canyon Creek northward.
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Barricades for avalanche closures on SR 1 (Seward Highway) near mile marker 40.
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SR 1 (Seward Highway) lowers from Jerome Lake to a wye intersection with SR 9 south and Sterling Highway west.
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The continuation of SR 1 south lines Sterling Highway west to Sterling and Soldtona and south to Homer. Mile posts along Sterling Highway increase from Seward Highway mile marker 38.
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Exit Glacier and Kenai Fjords National Park lies west of Seward.
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Seward Highway extends 36.46 miles south along SR 9 to Seward along Resurrection Bay.
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References:

1. "Scenic but crash-prone stretch of Seward Highway inches toward upgrades." Anchorage Daily News (AK), January 19, 2017.

Connect with:

State Route 9 - Seward Highway

Page Updated Wednesday June 07, 2023.