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Route Description
Alaska Highway 2 is 457 (736 km) long and runs from Manley Hot Springs via Fairbanks to the Yukon Territory.
Route 2 begins at a dead end near the Tanana River at Manley Hot Springs,
where the Elliott Highway begins. Until the junction with the Dalton Highway
(Alaska Route 11) at Livengood, Route 2 is a minor road used only for local
access; beyond Livengood it carries traffic to and from the Dalton Highway.
At the junction with Alaska Route 6 (Steese Highway) at Fox, the Elliott
Highway ends and Route 2 follows the Steese Highway south into Fairbanks. The
Steese Highway becomes the Richardson Highway at Airport Way, the former route
of the Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3).
The Parks Highway junction is now about a mile south along the Richardson
Highway, which then leaves Fairbanks to the southeast. In Delta Junction, at the
northwest end of the Alaska Highway, Route 2 leaves the Richardson Highway for
the Alaska Highway, while the Richardson Highway continues south as Alaska Route
4.
After passing the ends of the Tok Cut-Off Highway (Alaska Route 1) at Tok and
the Taylor Highway (Alaska Route 5) just beyond, Route 2 becomes Yukon Highway 1
at the Canadian border.
