State Route 3 South - Clear to Nenana River Gorge

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Passing lanes open in both directions of Parks Highway by milepost 291.
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Fireweed Roadhouse is the first service along Parks Highway south since Nenana.
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SR 3 (Parks Highway) enters Denali Borough south by milepost 288.
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A rest area is located along Parks Highway south of mile marker 287.
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Clear Road stems 1.94 miles west from SR 3 (Parks Highway) to Clear Space Force Station. Anderson Road branches north from nearby 5.11 miles to B Street at Anderson.
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SR 3 advances south through the unincorporated community of Clear.
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Shifting west from Clear, SR 3 (Parks Highway) crosses the Nenana River for the first time on the Jack Coghill Bridge to the Interior.
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A through truss bridge takes SR 3 over the Nenana River near Parks Highway milepost 276.
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510 feet in length, the Jack Coghill Bridge to the Interior was built in 1963.¹
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Turning back to the south, SR 3 continues a half mile from Kobe Road to the next passing lane.
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The rest area by Bear Creek is at Parks Highway milepost 269.
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The Alaska Range comes into view as Parks Highway continues south by the census designated place of Ferry.
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The distance sign posted at Ferry Road is 22 miles from the entrance to Denali National Park and 49 miles from Cantwell.
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SR 3 (Parks Highway) makes an S-curve across Slate Creek at milepost 258.
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Sugar Loaf Mountain appears to the southeast in this scene along Parks Highway near Little Panguinque Creek.
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SR 3 (Parks Highway) south at the Denali Borough seat of Healy.
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Crossing Dry Creek
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Healy Spur Road leads 3.56 miles east to Healy River Airport (HRR) and Healy Power Plant.
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Parks Highway south at Otto Lake Road.
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Mount Healy
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Parks Highway south of Antler Creek.
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The eastern slope of Mount Healy from a turn out at Parks Highway milepost 244.
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Eastward view from milepost 244 at the Healy Creek valley north of Dora Peak.
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SR 3 (Parks Highway) proceeds south from milepost 244 into Nenana River Gorge.
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Curving east, SR 3 (Parks Highway) spans Bison Gulch.
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SR 3 (Parks Highway) crosses the Nenana River for the second time at the entrance into Nenana River Gorge.
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The deck truss bridge along Parks Highway across the Nenana River was built in 1970.²
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The Alaska Railroad runs along the west side of the Nenana River south to Denali Park. The bridge crosses Sheep Creek west of the Parks Highway turnout near Coyote Creek.
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Mount Healy from a turn out south of Eagle Creek.
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Fox Creek drains into the Nenana River from Sugar Loaf Mountain.
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The Alaska Railroad spans a gorge over a Pratt pony truss bridge across from SR 3 near Grizzly Creek.
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Parks Highway south through Nenana River Gorge next crosses Hornet Creek.
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Iceworm Gulch
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Parks Highway runs alongside the Nenana River south and emerges from Nenana River Canyon at northern reaches of Denali Park.
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References:

1. Nenana River Bridge (Healy). https://bridgehunter.com/ ak/denali/nenana-river BridgeHunter.com.
2. Nenana River Bridge. https://bridgehunter.com/ ak/denali/bh47931/ BridgeHunter.com.

Page Updated Friday June 16, 2023.