Driving The Top Of The World Highway In Alaska (Ep 28 - World Tour) Posted: April 22, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. Join the Next Meridian Expedition!

Also known as the Alcan, the highway was built during World War II as a means to move military equipment to the last frontier. Since then it’s been a vital corridor for both Alaska and Canada.

The Highway has earned a permanent position on lists of the world’s most dangerous roads. Stretching 414 miles through the Alaskan tundra, it is the sole route and supply line to the Arctic ...

The official dedication of the Alaska Highway at Soldiers Summit was on November 20, 1942 in fifteen degree below zero weather! The pioneer road totaled 1543 miles with more than 200 bridges and ...

Related Features. Building the Alaska Highway | Article Alaska in the 1940s. Before the United States entered World War II, few Americans would have suspected that the territory of Alaska would ...

1942: The Alaska Highway officially opens to military traffic. Until the early 1940s, Alaska was a neglected U.S. territory. The Klondike gold rush of the 1880s and ’90s was a distant memory ...

Related Features. Building the Alaska Highway | Article Alaska in the 1940s. Before the United States entered World War II, few Americans would have suspected that the territory of Alaska would ...