DescriptionAlaska Highway End (Delta Junction).jpg
English: Signpost marking the end of the AlCan (Alaska-Canada, or en:Alaska Highway), at the Delta Junction tourist information center.
The signpost reads: This highway was constructed during World War II as a military supply route for interior Alaska Military and Airfields in 1942. 7 Army regiments and 42 Contractors and Public Roads Administrators working from Delta Junction South and Dawson Creek North completed it when they met at Soldiers' Summit at Kluane Lake Yukon Territory in November 1942. At the peak of construction, 77 Contractors employed 15,000 men and 11,000 pieces of road building equipment. The total construction cost for 1422 miles was $115,000,000.
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