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Arterial roads in Whitehorse, Yukon include: ==Alaska Highway== The Alaska Highway is the core artery through Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. As well as being part of the northwest North American key highway, it is also heavily used as a local arterial road connecting the various parts of Whitehorse. Important public and commercial properties are located along the street. The road was built in 1942, effectively expanding the Whitehorse community beyond the river valley known now as the downtown area; together with Two Mile Hill Road, the Whitehorse airport was linked with the community by the highway's construction. After the war ended in 1945, several developments added to the road's importance to the community, including subdivisions built for personnel of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Army. The Porter Creek subdivision was developed as part of efforts to clear the Whiskey Flats squatter areas in downtown. A traffic circle adjoined the highway with Two Mile Hill Road and Range Road, but these were converted to T-intersections by the early 1970s. In 1971, the city limits of Whitehorse were extended west from 8th Avenue, north from the 2nd Avenue extension area and south from Robert Service Campground, encompassing the Alaska Highway almost as far south as Carcross Corners and to the west of the northbound Klondike Highway to Dawson. Toward the end of the 1970s, additional subdivisions began to be developed in city lands along the highway. A short section of the highway was widened to divided highway at the Two Mile Hill intersection in 1993, and another, shorter section was similarly widened at the Robert Service Way intersection in 2010. In October 2014, the Yukon government announced plans to widen the entire corridor between the two Klondike Highway junctions, possibly to a divided four-lane road for that entire 32.3 km length. The highway connects with Robert Service Way, Two Mile Hill Road, Range Road, Centennial Avenue, Clyde Wann Road and the North Klondike Highway (often known as the Mayo Road for its former terminus at the village of Mayo). It also connects to the Cowley Creek subdivision via Salmon Trail, Mary Lake subdivision via Fireweed Drive, Wolf Creek subdivision via Dawson Road and Cronkhite Road, Mount Sima subdivision and ski facility via Mount Sima Road, Miles Canyon Road, Lo Bird subdivision via Robert Service Way, Hillcrest subdivision via Hillcrest Drive and Roundel Road, Valleyview subdivision via Sumanik Drive, Kulan Industrial via Laberge Road, and Crestview subdivision via Azure Road and Kathleen Road. Major businesses and public properties along the road include Erik Nielsen International Airport (established in 1941 as an RCAF field on the Northwest Staging Route), the Yukon government highway weigh scale, the Beringia Centre museum (formerly a visitor information centre), and close by, Robert Lowe suspension bridge at Miles Canyon, the Miles Canyon Historial Railroad Society's "mining train" set-up, and the Canada Games Centre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arterial roads in Whitehorse, Yukon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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