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  Elliott Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Elliott Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 152 miles (245 km) from Fox, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Fairbanks, to Manley Hot Springs.
This "highway" is very different to what people from the Lower 48 may be used to; specifically, all but the first 28 miles (45 km) of the highway is a two-lane gravel road that, due to conditions, generally limits travel to speeds below 45 mph (70 km/h).
The Dalton Highway begins 73 miles (118 km) north of Fox at its junction with the Elliott Highway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elliott_Highway   (187 words)

  
 NTPFES - EMERGENCY SERVICES - Elliott Fire and Emergency Response Unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Elliott is located on the Stuart Highway 254 kilometres south of Darwin.
The Elliott Fire and Emergency Response Unit is responsible for the Elliott Police District.
To the east of the Stuart Highway the area is mostly flsoil plain whilst to the west the country is mainly sparse with sandy ridges.
www.nt.gov.au /pfes/es/services/volunteers/units/elliott_vu.html   (218 words)

  
 Highways of Interior Alaska, USA
the Elliott Highway northwest to Manley Hot Springs, The Dalton Highway ('Haul Road') north to Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay, the Steese Highway east to Circle City, the Parks Highway southwest to Denali Park and Anchorage, and the Richardson Highway south to Delta Junction and Valdez.
The road crosses the Brooks Range, and Atigun Pass at MP 244 is the highest highway pass in Alaska (elevation 4.800 feet or 1.463 meter).
The first 44 miles of the Steese Highway are paved, it's gravel and dirt the rest of 162 miles to the Yukon River at Circle City.
henkbinnendijk.tripod.com /fairbanks/id23.html   (326 words)

  
 ELLIOTT: America's Worst Road Trips
The section of I-90 in Wisconsin and western Illinois reminds me a lot of the drive along Highway 2, south of Fairbanks, Alaska, which is punctuated by potholes the size of basketballs.
In the end, this stretch of highway is probably so bad because everyone wants to use it at the same time.
Christopher Elliott is a travel commentator based in Key Largo, Fla. All e-mailed questions may be edited, condensed or republished at the site's discretion.
www.elliott.org /vault/pt/2004/roads.htm   (1242 words)

  
 Alaska's Dalton Highway: the Adventure Awaits! - ExploreNorth
The Dalton Highway begins at the junction at Mile 73.1 of the Elliott Highway north of Fairbanks and ends at the community of Deadhorse, just a few miles away from the shores of the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay oil complex.
The highway is still referred to by many as the Haul Road because of its origin as the rough and tough truck supply route that was built during the construction of the pipeline in the mid-1970s.
So what is it about the Dalton Highway that lures people to point their vehicles north to trek through some of the wildest land in Alaska For many people the attraction is the awesome scenery along the drive north.
www.explorenorth.com /library/aktravel/bl-dalton.htm   (753 words)

  
 Highways in Alaska
Anyway, the Alaska portion of the Alaska Highway extends (officially) from the Yukon border a few miles west of Beaver Creek, Yukon, to the highway’s junction with the Richardson Highway at Delta Junction.
Providing highway access between the Panhandle town of Haines and the Alaska Highway, this road is known on the Canada side as the Haines Cut-Off Highway.
The Parks Highway, and in Fairbanks the Mitchell Expressway across the southern side of town to the north end of Richardson Highway and south end of the Steese.
www.mcgeheezone.com /adjustment/alaska/akhwys.htm   (2642 words)

  
 Dalton Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It begins at the Elliott Highway, north of Fairbanks, and ends at Deadhorse near the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay oil fields.
The highway, which directly parallels the pipeline, is one of the most isolated roads in the United States.
The Dalton Highway should not be confused with the Dalton Trail, a trail in southeastern Alaska used by Tlingit and early gold prospectors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dalton_Highway   (424 words)

  
 Steese Highway, Alaska highways
Just 1/2 mile from this junction (on Elliott Highway) is a cold water spring with water piped almost to the road.
The first part of the trail extends eastward over Wickersham Dome, a popular 4-hour round trip hike from the highway trail ends at Beaver Creek (excellent grayling fishing) where there is a public use cabin (Borealis-LeFevre) available on a reservation basis and for a fee.
Another public use cabin is located at mile 62 on the Elliott Highway and can be reached by car.
www.bellsalaska.com /myalaska/steesehy.html   (728 words)

  
 Welcome To Elliott Hamil Funeral Home
This was considered a bold move by many in the Abilene community who were skeptical of the survival of a new business during the era of the Great Depression.
In 1947, the Elliotts and their daughter, Jo Ann, moved to the present location at 542 Hickory.
Their commitment is still that of Pete and Mittie Elliott - to be sensitive to the needs of West Texas families in every aspect of funeral service.
www.elliott-hamil.com /history.shtml   (310 words)

  
 Alaska Roads - Dalton Highway Photo Journey
It was, and remains, an adjunct to the Dalton Highway page of his site on High Priority Corridors (a few dozen highways deemed by Congress to be of special national importance and worthy of priority Federal support -- the Dalton Highway is High Priority Corridor 24).
The Dalton Highway was long the highest-numbered route in Alaska, until 2001 when the Klondike Highway from Skagway in southeast Alaska to the Canadian border was designated as route 98 (for the gold rush of 1898).
The Dalton Highway is the only highway in the United States, and one of only two in North America, to cross the Arctic Circle.
www.alaskaroads.com /photos-Dalton-Hwy.htm   (999 words)

  
 Dalton Highway, Alaska highways
This 415 mile/667 km long public highway begins at mile 73 on the Elliott Highway and ends at Dead Horse a few miles from Prudhoe Bay, site of North America's largest oil discovery.
The primary users of this state maintained highway are the oil companies so that most of the vehicles using it are large trucks.
This is one of North America's most scenic and beautiful wilderness roads so I would not want to discourage you from taking it, however my advice would be to contact one of the tour companies who deal with it on a regular basis.
www.bellsalaska.com /myalaska/daltonhw.html   (800 words)

  
 Alaska Trip Information - 4th message
The Elliott begins at Fox, 10 nm north of Fairbanks International (and on the extended runway centerline).
The Elliott Highway has even been rebuilt to bypass the town to the west.
At the highway intersection, the Elliott Highway turns left (southwest) and the Haul Road (the Dalton Highway) continues straight ahead (northwest).
www.sportflight.com /alaska2/alaska4.html   (2002 words)

  
 Fairbanks Area of Alaska Scenic Drives and Road Trips
Wide gravel highway from junction with Elliott Highway to Deadhorse on the North Slope; 414 miles (666 kilometers).
The Richardson Highway is the oldest road in Alaska.
Paved highway from Fairbanks to Chatanika, gravel road for remaining distance to Circle; 162 miles (261 kilometers) overall.
www.allgetaways.com /region.asp?areaid=100637   (267 words)

  
 highways in Alaska, northern BC, Yukon
Haines Highway: Haines Junction, YT (0) to Haines, AK (151).
AH 400 (Cranberry Junction) to Yellowhead Highway at Terrace.
Dalton Highway: Jct., Elliott Highway (0) Deadhorse (414) Paved from above Yukon River to beyond Coldfoot, then good, wide gravel to pass, very rough through pass and north.
www.karo-ent.com /hwylist.htm   (972 words)

  
 KentuckyRoads.com - Elliott County
By the end of the next years motorists in Elliott County should be able to cross the Little Sandy River on a new bridge.
The Elliott County Chamber of Commerce held a public meeting last week to discuss plans to widen KY 32/KY 7 through Sandy Hook.
ELLIOTT COUNTY, Ky.-(October 18, 2002)- State Senator Walter Blevins, Jr., State Representative Rocky Adkins, and Transportation Secretary James Codell, III along with other local and state officials held a groundbreaking ceremony in Elliott County today to celebrate the beginning of construction of the new Elliott County Welcome Center.
www.kentuckyroads.com /elliott_county   (1370 words)

  
 Timothy R. Elliott, Ph.D., ABPP
Elliott, T., and Uswatte, G. Ethnic and minority issues in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Elliott, T., Shewchuk, R., and Richards, J. Caregiver social problem solving abilities and family member adjustment to recent-onset physical disability.
Elliott, T., and Klapow, J. Training psychologists for a future in evolving health care delivery systems: Building a better Boulder model.
www.apa.org /divisions/div22/Elliottbio.html   (511 words)

  
 ELLIOTT.ORG: Highway Robbery
With the busiest of all travel holidays looming, spare a thought for those of us who will be trapped in the maze of fast-food joints and pricey gas pumps that prey on travelers.
Spare a thought for those of us stuck at one of the strategically placed, impossible-to-ignore highway rest stops this Thanksgiving.
Christopher Elliott is a travel commentator and author of A Bridge to Nowhere: A Year in the Florida Keys.
elliott.org /vault/critic/1999/road.htm   (748 words)

  
 Fishing Alaska's Dalton Highway For Pike, Grayling, Arctic Char, Dolly Varden, Sheefish and Burbot
Parking along the highway roadway is not recommended because of the frequent large truck traffic, the dusty conditions, and flying rocks created by traffic.
Hess Creek is the largest stream between the Elliott Highway and the Yukon River bridge, and has resident Arctic grayling and whitefish.
The lake is visible to the west side of the Dalton Highway, and an access road runs to an active airstrip about 1.5 miles from the highway.
alaskaoutdoorjournal.com /Fishing/daltonfisheries2.html   (2954 words)

  
 Dalton Highway, otherwise known as the Haul Road
It heads straight north from the Livengood turnoff of the Elliott Highway (which is 70 miles north of Fairbanks), through arctic tundra to the farthest north reaches of Alaska.
Besides being safer, their tour guides will provide welcome, informative commentary, lunch, and photo stops when the area's abundant wildlife (caribou, moose, bears, fox, eagles and wolves) are seen from the road or even crossing in front of you.
If you do want to drive the highway yourself, see our car rental page for companies that allow their cars on the Dalton.
fairbanks-alaska.com /dalton-highway.htm   (1163 words)

  
 Gwinnett Forum.com -- Gwinnett County's community forum and idea exchange
We were there for the dedication of the second part of Highway 316, which went only from the 120 bridge about five miles to what was then U.S. Highway 29 just past the CSX rail tracks.
Now, happily, there is renewed interest in Highway 316, with talk about upgrading it to interstate highway standards, via the possibility of a toll road.
Though there will be a tremendously high cost of upgrading Highway 316, we think that most of us who travel that route routinely would gladly pay a toll to see major improvements on this road.
www.gwinnettforum.com /2004issues/04.0106.htm   (1855 words)

  
 Dalton Hwy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Dalton Highway (also called the Haul Road) branches off the Elliott Highway near Livengood, Alaska, just over 70 miles north of Fairbanks.
The Dalton Highway is the only road in Alaska that crosses the Arctic Circle.
You have to brave 115 miles of the Dalton and 30 plus miles of the Elliott (all unpaved) to reach this point.
www.geocities.com /abaccola/dalton.html   (212 words)

  
 NORTH to ARCTIC ALASKA | Central, Circle, Chandalar, Prudhoe Bay, Chena & Manley Hot Springs, Coldfoot, Deadhorse, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It starts at Mile 73.1 on the Elliott Highway and is roughly 28 feet wide – less than two lanes.
When you read the words “camp” on a map of the Dalton Highway, this does not mean a “campground.” “Camp” is a Pipeline term, meaning a place where construction workers lived – a work camp.
Circle is 260 km (162 miles) north of Fairbanks at the end of the Steese Highway.
www.bearfootguides.com /communities/northtt/northtt.htm   (2917 words)

  
 Elliott Highway with Eureka Road Side Trip | Alaska Scenic Byways
Preview: Paved highway from Fox to Mile 28, gravel road for remaining distance to Manley Hot Springs; 152 miles (245 kilometers) overall.
The road is paved as far as Wickersham Dome, is broad and graveled as far as Livengood, and becomes narrower with some twists and turns in the final stretch.
The Elliott traverses an empty quarter of the state that retains much of its primeval wilderness character.
www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA104-029   (253 words)

  
 Dalton Highway Recreation Management Area - Alaska Recreation Area
From Fairbanks, drive north about 11 on Steese Highway to Fox, then drive north about 76 miles on Elliott Highway to its intersection with Dalton Highway.
From there, it is 56 miles northwest on Dalton Highway to Yukon Crossing, then an additional 144 miles northwest to Coldfoot.
Check your gas supply before preceding, as there are no services until the end of the highway at Deadhorse (mile 414).
www.recreation-areas.com /area/141   (170 words)

  
 Fairbanks Alaska International Airport and Area Transportation
The Richardson Highway (#4) is the home stretch of the Alaska Highway leading north to Fairbanks.
The Dalton Highway (#11), also known as “the Haul Road,” closely follows the route of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline for which the road was constructed and is one of America’s great motoring adventures with magnificent scenery.
The Dalton Highway is open to the public for 496 miles north of Fairbanks.
www.explorefairbanks.com /GetHere   (814 words)

  
 Explore the Dalton Highway - ExploreNorth
The James Dalton Highway was built in 1974 to facilitate construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline.
Paving of the highway is ongoing, with well over half of it paved now.
Not everbody is in favour of tourists being able to use the Dalton Highway.
www.explorenorth.com /library/roads/dalton.html   (663 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Fairbanks records its wettest July   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities closed the Elliott Highway on Sunday afternoon at Mile 56 south of the Tolovana River Bridge after a culvert washed out.
DOT spokeswoman Shannon McCarthy said Honolulu Creek at Mile 177 Parks Highway had overflowed its banks and about 4 inches of water was flowing over the road.
Near the Carlo Creek Bridge near Mile 223 Parks Highway, about 12 miles south of the Denali National Park entrance, crews were investigating the undercutting of a bridge abutment.
www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2003-07-29-fairbanks-wetjuly_x.htm   (522 words)

  
 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner » Archive » Dalton Highway should be top priority   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Dalton Highway, commonly referred to as the Haul Road, is the road from the Elliott Highway near Livengood to the oil and gas fields at Prudhoe Bay.
The Elliott Highway was gravel from the Chatanika River north.
The Dalton Highway is not only a major economic artery, it is breathtakingly beautiful … but it is dangerous.
newsminer.com /2006/11/04/3067   (881 words)

  
 Manley Hot Springs
Take the Elliott Highway north and west of Fairbanks for a drive through mountainous vistas and valleys explored 100 years ago by gold miners.
The Elliott Highway begins at Fox, 10 miles northwest of Fairbanks on the Steese Highway.
Recent additions which might interest a weary traveler is a village washeteria and clinic, located across the Elliott from the Walter Woods Park, a little less than two miles from the heart of Manley.
fairbanks-alaska.com /manley-hot-springs.htm   (737 words)

  
 Alaska Travel Log - Travels Around Alaska
Our recent travels took us north on the Elliott Highway, and then we continued north on the Dalton Highway to Wiseman, a former trading place for miners back in the early 1900s.
Today, the Elliott and Dalton Highways leading north from Fairbanks are accessible to anyone that cares to venture into the breathtaking northern wilderness.
Our next stop brought us south on the Dalton Highway, then west on the Elliott Highway to the town of Manley Hot Springs.This historic mining town really caught us by surprise with its charming log schoolhouse, the historic Manley Roadhouse, and the Manley hot springs.
www.santaslettersandgifts.com /AlaskaTravelLog.htm   (2744 words)

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