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James B. Dalton
Highway
Bridges, number
20 permanent
Construction dates
- Begun — Apr. 29, 1974
- Completed/dedicated — Sept. 29, 1974
Construction time
154 days
Construction
Contractors, by road segment
- Segments 1-5 (total
miles: 221) — Green/Associated Pipeline
- Segment 6 south (miles:
34) — Morrison-Knudsen
- Segment 6 north (miles:
48) — General Alaska Stewart
- Segment 7 (miles: 54) —
Burgess
Ownership and control transferred to
state
Oct. 1978
Cost
$125 million approx.
Dimensions
- Length — 358 mi. (Yukon River to
Prudhoe Bay)
- Width — 28 ft.
Grade
12% max.
Gravel, total used
32 million cu. yds.
- Thickness — 3 ft. to 8 ft.
Present name
James B. Dalton Highway: name applied by
state in 1981 to 415 miles of roadway, including the Haul Road (former name), and the 57
mile* road from the Yukon River to Livengood constructed by Alyeska in the winter of
1969-70.
* 56 mi. originally; 57 mi. after
realignment by state at Livengood in 1981.
James B. Dalton — Native-born
Alaskan, graduate mining engineer, supervised construction Distant Early Warning (DEW)
Line in Alaska, expert in Arctic engineering and logistics, served as consultant in early
oil exploration in northern Alaska, pioneering winter trails for heavy equipment
transport.
Last updated June 23,
2004
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