Dalton Highway

Dalton Highway
Dalton Highway
James W. Dalton Highway; North Slope Haul Road
	Dalton Highway highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by Alaska DOT&PF
Length	414 mi (666 km)
Existed	1974–present
Major junctions
South end	Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). near Livengood
North end	East Lake Colleen Drive in Deadhorse
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Highway system
	Alaska Routes; Interstate; Scenic Byways;

The James W. Dalton Highway, usually called the Dalton Highway and signed as the Alaska Route 11, is a road in Alaska. It used to be called North Slope Haul Road, and some people still call it this. The road is 414 miles (666 km) long. It starts from the Elliott Highway just north of Fairbanks and travels north, ending near to the Arctic Ocean coast at Deadhorse. It follows the path next to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Many people think the highway is one of the most dangerous in the world. It was on one of the episodes of the BBC's programe World's Most Dangerous Roads.^[1]^[2]

There are only three very small towns along the route: Coldfoot (population: 10), Wiseman (population: 22), and Deadhorse (population: 25). Prospect Creek and Galbraith Lake only have campers there, and nobody lives there.^[3] The road is made mostly of gravel. About 109 miles (175 km) of the road is paved. People who travel on the road are told to bring first aid kits and other items for survival, in case they have an emergency.

Dalton Highway Media

Sukakpak Mountain is a landmark at MP 203 Dalton Highway
Dalton Highway south of the Continental Divide in the summer
Dalton Highway passing Sukakpak Mountain in the summer
The Brooks Range south of the Continental Divide near Atigun Pass (6 March 2013)
The Brooks Range north of the Continental Divide (Atigun Pass), mile 256
View of tundra in the summer from Dalton Highway, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Muskox (Ovibos moschatus), Dalton Highway (Hwy 11) North Slope Borough, Alaska (10 August 2010)
Wolf photographed from the Dalton Highway, North Slope Borough, Alaska (10 May 2016)
Aerial view of the highway with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in the background (14 April 2015)
Highway about 10 miles south of Deadhorse, North Slope Borough, Alaska (5 April 2015)