The Alaska Highway Was Built Across 1,500 Miles Of Wilderness In 8 Months In 1942

The US army built a 1,500-mile Alaska Highway through wilderness in just eight months during World War II

US News: Imagine building a 1,500-mile road across frozen forests, high mountains, swamps and permafrost in less than a year. It sounds like an impossible engi.

The Alaska Highway Was Built Across 1,500 Miles Of Wilderness In 8 Months In 1942

The Alaska Highway, aka the Alaska-Canada or Alcan Highway, stretches from Delta Junction, Alaska, though the Yukon to Dawson Creek, British Columbia.