Alaska Highway

American  

noun

1. a highway in northwestern Canada and Alaska, extending from eastern British Columbia to Fairbanks: built as a U.S. military supply route 1942. 1,523 miles (2,452 km) long.

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Alaska Highway British  

noun

1. Originally called: Alcan Highway.  a road extending from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska: built by the US Army (1942). Length: 2452 km (1523 miles)

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Example Sentences

Only one person died of COVID-19 and 20 people got sick in Tanacross, an Athabascan village of 140 whose rustic wood cabins and other homes are nestled between the Alaska Highway and Tanana River.

From Seattle Times

Beaver Creek, which relies heavily on traffic from the Alaska Highway, has suffered economically amid travel restrictions during the pandemic.

From Seattle Times

When I was an infant, we emigrated to Canada and worked our way north to a communal farm in northern British Columbia called Evergreen, which was off the Alaska Highway at the end of a dirt track deep in the woods.

From New York Times

The company expects to sell cable access to other telecommunications companies, but does not plan to offer internet service to customers along the Alaska Highway, said Francis LaChapelle, vice president of wholesale and carrier relations.

From Seattle Times

The communities are connected to the rest of the state by the Alaska Highway through Canada and each place depends on its neighboring Canadian town for necessities such as food, health care and medicine and various activities conducted across the border.

From Washington Times