Alaska Route 7 (abbreviated as AK-7) is a state highway in the Alaska Panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It consists of four unconnected pieces which serve some of the Panhandle communities. The Alaska Marine Highway ferries stop in the cities connecting to the Alaska Highway in Yukon via the Haines Highway.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Alaska DOT&PF | ||||
Length | 144.62 mi[1] (232.74 km) 144.62 mi (in four sections) | |||
Component highways |
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Tongass Highway segment | ||||
Length | 37.1 mi (59.7 km) | |||
South end | Dead end near Ketchikan | |||
Major intersections | Alaska Marine Highway in Ketchikan | |||
North end | Dead end near Ward Cove | |||
Mitkof Highway segment | ||||
Length | 34.21 mi (55.06 km) | |||
South end | Dead end on Mitkof Island | |||
Major intersections | Alaska Marine Highway in Petersburg | |||
North end | Sandy Beach Road in Petersburg | |||
Egan Drive / Glacier Highway segment | ||||
Length | 39.01 mi (62.78 km) | |||
South end | Franklin Street in Juneau | |||
Major intersections |
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North end | Dead end in Juneau | |||
Haines Highway segment | ||||
Length | 39.7 mi (63.9 km) | |||
South end | Front Street in Haines | |||
North end | Hwy 3 on the Alaska–British Columbia border | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Alaska | |||
Boroughs | Ketchikan Gateway, Unorganized, Juneau, Haines | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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According to Alaska's supplement to the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, AK-7 follows (from south to north):[2]
- South Tongass Highway, North Tongass Highway (Ketchikan)
- Nordic Drive, Mitkoff Highway (Petersburg)
- Glacier Highway, Egan Drive (Juneau)
- Haines Highway, Haines to Border
No other segments are shown on maps.[3][4][5][6][7]
The Alaska Marine Highway ferry service connect the sections, but for the most parts the ports are not located at the endpoint of each segment; thus many of the endpoints are dead ends.
Tongass Highway
editThe southernmost piece of AK-7 is known as the Tongass Highway and heads both ways from Ketchikan on Revillagigedo Island. The ferry calls at Ketchikan. Within the city of Ketchikan, it is named Tongass Avenue from the northern city limits at the airport ferry terminal to the Newtown neighborhood. Continuing downtown it is successively Water, Front, Mill and Stedman streets, becoming the Tongass Highway again after passing Coast Guard Base Ketchikan.
Mitkoff Highway / Nordic Drive
editAnother section of AK-7 is the Mitkoff Highway. Traveling 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. Petersburg has a ferry terminal.
Egan Drive / Glacier Highway
editEgan Drive which is part of AK-7, is the main road in 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 its northernmost point near Berners Bay. The extreme southern end of Egan Drive is known as Marine Way. The ferry calls at Auke Bay.
There were plans to extend the road north of Berners Bay as the Lynn Canal Highway; however, the project has been indefinitely shelved due to the state's budget crisis.[8]
Haines Highway
editThe final piece of AK-7 begins in downtown Haines, another ferry stop; it follows the Haines Highway northwest to the border with British Columbia, Canada. In BC, it continues north as the Haines Highway with no designation, eventually connecting with Yukon Highway 3 (which ends at the Alaska Highway at Haines Junction in the Yukon Territory).
Major intersections
editBorough | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Ketchikan Gateway | | 0.00 | 0.00 | Dead end | Beaver Falls access; southern terminus of AK-7/Tongass Highway | ||
Ketchikan | 15.5 | 24.9 | Ferry Terminal Road — Ketchikan Ferry Terminal | Alaska Marine Highway | |||
Ward Cove | 31.7 | 51.0 | Dead end | Northern terminus of Tongass Highway | |||
Gap in route | |||||||
Unorganized | Mitkof Island | 0.00 | 0.00 | Dead end | Southern terminus of Mitkof Highway | ||
Petersburg | 32.21 | 51.84 | Ferry Terminal Road — Petersburg Ferry Terminal | Alaska Marine Highway | |||
34.21 | 55.06 | Sandy Beach Road east | Nordic Drive turns east and becomes Sandy Beach Road; northern terminus of Mitkof Highway | ||||
Gap in route | |||||||
City and Borough of Juneau | 0.00 | 0.00 | Franklin Street — Downtown, Thane | Southern terminus of Egan Drive | |||
0.68 | 1.09 | Juneau-Douglas Bridge — Douglas | |||||
Glacier Highway Access Road | Interchange | ||||||
Glacier Highway south | AK-7 north overlaps Glacier Highway | ||||||
13.15 | 21.16 | Ferry Terminal Road — Auke Bay Ferry Terminal | Alaska Marine Highway | ||||
39.01 | 62.78 | Dead end | Beyond Echo Cove access; northern terminus of Glacier Highway | ||||
Gap in route | |||||||
Haines | Haines | 0.00 | 0.00 | Front Street to Haines Ferry Terminal | To Alaska Marine Highway; southern terminus of Haines Highway | ||
Canada–United States border | 39.7 | 63.9 | Dalton Cache - Pleasant Camp Border Crossing | ||||
Haines Highway north | Continuation into British Columbia | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
edit- ^ a b Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Southern Region General Log[permanent dead link ], 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 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, 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
- ^ Juneau Access cut from state budget. James Brooks. Juneau Empire, 16 December 2016