State Route 98 North - Klondike Highway

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Alaska State Route 98 North

SR 98 commences along Broadway north of the Skagway Ferry Terminal. Klondike Highway travels from Skagway to Whitehorse, Yukon.
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Broadway crosses two spurs along the White Pass & Yukon Railroad line north ahead of 1st Avenue.
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A guide sign for Whitehorse, Yukon precedes the unmarked turn of SR 98 from Broadway north onto 1st Avenue west.
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Broadway extends north from 1st Avenue into historic Skagway.
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SR 98 turns northeast onto State Street. State Street south spurs to Skagway Airport (SGY) and marine terminals along Taiya Inlet.
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The lone shield for Alaska State Route 98 stands along 1st Avenue west at State Street in Skagway.
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SR 98 along State Street is part of a tsunami evacuation route north out of Skagway.
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Dyea Road spurs 7.10 miles west from Klondike Highway to Chilkoot Trail at Dyea.
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The East Fork of the Skagway River flows west along the Sawtooth Range within the Coast Mountains. A scenic pull off lies along the east side of SR 98 at mile marker 5.
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South Glacier appears in the distance by Boundary Peak.
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Mile marker 5 is east of A B Mountain.
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The U.S. Customs Station for southbound traffic on SR 98 is located midway between mile marker 6 and 7. The facility is not by the Canadian border due to the risk of avalanches.
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Pitchfork Falls flows west from Goat Lake into the Skagway River near Klondike Highway mile marker 8.
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SR 98 passes by Bridal Veil Falls by mile marker 10.
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The historic Captain William Moore Bridge was repurposed as a scenic area when a realignment of SR 98 across William Moore Creek opened to the west.
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William Moore Creek flows beside Mount Cleveland and below SR 98 near mile marker 11 southward into the Skagway River.
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The Captain William Henry Moore Bridge is a 110 foot long suspension bridge built in 1976.2 Bypassed in 2018, the span is open to pedestrians.
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Looking south from a scenic pull out near milepost 12 toward Porcupine Hill.
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A pronounced fault line crosses Klondike Highway near William Moore Creek.
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Klondike Highway rises to a summit of 3,292 feet above sea level just south of the Canadian border.
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A scenic pull off lies just south of the International Border.
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A stone monument at the border includes a plaque acknowledging the unfortified boundary line between the Dominion of Canada and the United States of America.
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Klondike Highway continues north from Alaska State Route 98 as British Columbia Highway 2.
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Sources:
  1. ADOTP&F Tackles Challenges to Replace Capt. Moore Bridge. CosntructionEquipmentGuide.com web site.
  2. Project Spotlight: Captain William Henry Moore Bridge. National Corrugated Steel Pipe Association web site.


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05/16/23 by AARoads

Page Updated 05-25-2023.

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