Alaska Route 7
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| Length: | 144.622 mi[1] (232.747 km) (in four sections) |
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→Alaska Route 7 (AK-7) is a state highway in the Alaska Panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It consists of four unconnected pieces, serving some of the Panhandle communities that the Alaska Marine Highway ferries stop at, and connecting to the Alaska Highway in Yukon via the Haines Highway.
[edit] Route description
According to Alaska's supplement to the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, AK-7 follows[2]
Major highways in Southeast, including:
- South Tongass Hwy, North Tongass Hwy (Ketchikan)
- Nordic Drive, Mitkoff Hwy (Petersburg)
- Glacier Hwy, Egan Drive (Juneau)
- Haines Hwy, Haines to Border
No other segments are shown on maps.[3][4][5][6][7]
The southernmost piece of AK-7 is known as the Tongass Highway, and heads both ways from Ketchikan on Revillagigedo Island.
Next is the Mitkoff Highway, south from Petersburg to the southeast point of Mitkof Island. AK-7 also includes the short Nordic Drive, connecting the Mitkoff Highway to the north point of the island.
Egan Drive, part of AK-7, is the main road through Juneau, replacing the Glacier Highway from downtown Juneau to near the Juneau International Airport. Beyond the airport, AK-7 continues along the Glacier Highway past Auke Bay to near Berner's Bay.
The final piece of AK-7 begins in downtown Haines, and follows the Haines Highway northwest to the border with British Columbia. There it connects with Yukon Highway 3, which passes through British Columbia and ends at the Alaska Highway at Haines Junction.
[edit] Major intersections
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| Borough | Location | Mile[1] | Road(s) |
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| Ketchikan Gateway | 0.000 | Beaver Falls access | |
| Ketchikan | 15.503 | Ferry Terminal Road - Ketchikan Ferry Terminal | |
| 31.700 | Dead end | ||
| Unorganized | 0.000 | Dead end | |
| Petersburg | 32.211 | Ferry Terminal Road - Petersburg Ferry Terminal | |
| 34.210 | Sandy Beach Road | ||
| Juneau | 0.000 | Main Street, Thane Road | |
| 0.679 | Juneau-Douglas Bridge | ||
| 13.151 | Auke Bay Ferry Terminal | ||
| 39.009 | Dead end (just beyond Echo Cove access) | ||
| Haines | Haines | 0.000 | Main Street, 2nd Avenue - Haines Ferry Terminal |
| British Columbia border | 39.703 |  Hwy 3 north (Haines Road) |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Southern Region General Log, April 25, 2006 (Routes 291400 (South Tongass Highway), 291500 (North Tongass Highway), 294000 (Mitkof Highway), 294020 (Nordic Drive), 296000 (Glacier Highway/Egan Drive), and 298000 (Haines Highway))
- ^ Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Alaska Traffic Manual Supplement, January 17, 2003
- ^ Google Maps street maps, accessed August 2007
- ^ American Automobile Association Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1995
- ^ Gousha Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1996
- ^ Rand McNally Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1998
- ^ MapQuest.com, Inc., National Geographic Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico, 2001
