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Time is running short for anyone interested in acquiring the old Gerstle River bridge on the Alaska Highway. It’s one of three bridges built during World War II that the state Department of Transportation is planning to replace over the next few years.
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Advocates for developing Alaska’s trails say they’re glad to see that the state Department of Transportation is including trails in its long-range plans. DOT scheduled two sessions on trails as part of a weeklong series of virtual focus-group meetings on different transportation modes.
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The state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has imposed weight restrictions on two old bridges on the Richardson and Parks highways. State officials say that’s to protect them from being damaged by heavily loaded trucks that pull two or more trailers.
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NewsDemand for electric vehicles is rising in the state, but owners in the Interior have limited charging options.
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Traffic is flowing again over the Johnson River bridge south of Delta Junction, now that the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has completed repairs on Tuesday.
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NewsRain overwhelmed culverts on a section of road near the Yukon River.
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The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities will host two meetings today to talk about the agency’s study of airports in and around the Denali Borough. The study is being done to determine which of the eight existing airports should be improved to best serve the needs of the borough’s pilots and public.
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A semi-tractor trailer that hauls gold ore hit the ditch Sunday after the driver lost control of the rig near milepost 1402 Alaska Highway, about 20 miles south of Delta Junction.
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NewsThe Summit Lake Wildfire has torched over 6,000 acres since it started last week, and it’s nowhere close to being contained.
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NewsU.S. Customs and Border Protection opened the Poker Creek Port of Entry Sunday. It’s the agency’s farthest-north border-crossing that connects the Taylor Highway in the eastern Interior to the Top of the world Highway in the Yukon, which leads to Dawson City.
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It’s springtime, and Alaskans are breaking out their all-terrain vehicles and hitting the trails. But Alaska State Troopers say a lot of those ATVs also are being driven on public roads. So they’re reminding those drivers that if they ride on roads, they must obey the law.
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A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher says her research team’s recent study shows electric vehicles could benefit rural communities around the state that are off the road system.