National Highway System: Alaska U.S

National Highway System: Alaska U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Aleutian Islands Eisenhower Interstate System Lake Clark National Preserve Lake Clark Wilderness Other NHS Routes Non-Interstate STRAHNET Route Katmai National Preserve Katmai Wilderness Major STRAHNET Connector Lonely Distant Early Warning Station Intermodal Connector Wainwright Dew Station Aniakchak National Preserve Barter Island Long Range Radar Site Unbuilt NHS Routes Other Roads (not on NHS) Point Lay Distant Early Warning Station Railroad CC Census Urbanized Areas AA Noatak Wilderness Gates of the Arctic National Park Cape Krusenstern National Monument NN Indian Reservation Noatak National Preserve Gates of the Arctic Wilderness Kobuk Valley National Park AA Department of Defense Kobuk Valley Wilderness AA D II Gates of the Arctic National Preserve 65 D SSSS UU A National Forest RR Bering Land Bridge National Preserve A Indian Mountain Research Site Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve National Park Service College Fairbanks Water Campion Air Force Station Fairbanks Fortymile Wild And Scenic River Fort Wainwright Fort Greely (Scheduled to close) Airport A2 4 Denali National Park A1 Intercity Bus Terminal Denali National PreserveDenali Wilderness Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve Tatalina Long Range Radar Site Wrangell-Saint Elias National Preserve Ferry Terminal A4 Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site Truck/Pipeline Terminal A1 Anchorage 4 Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness Multipurpose Passenger Facility Sparrevohn Long Range Radar Site (AF) 97 A3 Chugach National Forest Lake Clark Wilderness 490 7 Port Terminal Russell Fjord Wilderness Lake Clark National Preserve 9 Lake Clark National Park Glacier Bay National PreserveJuneau 1 Kenai Fjords National Park Tongass National Forest Truck/Rail Facility Glacier Bay Wilderness Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness Katmai National Preserve Kootznoowoo Wilderness AMTRAK Station Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness a Katmai National Park Stikine-LeConte Wilderness k s a l Katmai Wilderness 99 A Public Transit Station South Baranof WildernessMisty Fjords Wilderness 11 Kuiu WildernessSouth Etolin Wilderness Karta River Wilderness 902 Aniakchak National Monument Aniakchak National Preserve South Prince of Wales Wilderness 0 100 200 Miles 0 100 200 Kilometers FHWA\HEPI-10 :: March 2004.

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Wilderness in Southeastern Alaska: a History
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