Marking the End of the Road

According to officials in Fairbanks, this is the milepost that marks the end of the Alaska Highway. It is a little more than 1,500 miles from the start of the Alaska Highway at Dawson Creek, British Columbia.

In reality, though, the true end of the Alaska Highway is about 90 miles before you get to Fairbanks in a little town called Delta Junction. An existing road from Valdez to Fairbanks, the Richardson Highway, passes through Delta Junction and was built and in use for many years before the Alaska Highway was constructed in 1942.

Don't let that stop you from grabbing a photo like this in downtown Fairbanks, though. This milepost is between the Chena River and First Avenue in the middle of Alaska's Golden Heart City.