Mark, that's funny!

You will find - if you haven't already - that meanings change as you
travel across country. What often passes for rives in the west are
called drain ditches here. I was surprised at what is called a river in
Alaska - often called a creek here. Same thing for roads. But for
"highway's" in Alaska, I take the que mostly from maps and the likes of
"The Milepost". They don't call it 'The Dalton Road" or "The Dempster
Road". The only one I know of that has actually been cauled a "Road" is
the north slope haul road, and I think that even it has been upgraded to
a "highway" by name at least though certainly not by condition.

But you are quite right. Most of those "Highways" are roads by any other
name, and some are barely that - almost logging trails.

Regards.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Mark Tuovinen wrote:
> John you have to use the term Highway very loosely when speaking of the Dempster, Dalton, and several other "highways" in Alaska.  It is really a one to two lane dirt/gravel road through the back country.  Services are nonexsistent and some days you can travel it without seeing another vehicle.
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> Mark in AK
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
> Date: Monday, May 1, 2006 11:16 am
> Subject: Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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>>> The scenic Dempster highway north of Dawson, stay below 50 MPH and
>>> you won't blow your tires.
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>> Just curious, what happens above 50mph that blows tires?
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>> Great travelling pics. I spent an hour looking through them, at
>> the end of
>> which I was a solid envious green...
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>> --
>> John Bange
>> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
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