JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal agency is proposing a large steel bridge along a section of the only road that runs through a premier national park in Alaska —
JUNEAU — A federal agency is proposing a large steel bridge along a section of the only road that runs through a premier national park in Alaska — a stretch
After summer landslides closed part of the Denali Park Road, officials are planning a multiyear construction project to stabilize two miles of roadway and secure travel access with a 400-foot bridge.
The tap beer ran low and boat tours were hit or miss. But lines were rare, as were the bottlenecks on roads threading mountainsides where yellow poplars and aspens, ablaze in the cool fall temperatures, radiated amid the evergreens. This is fall in Alaska, perhaps the most fleeting of seasons, when the weather can swing wildly day to day, from sunny, cloudless glory to six inches of wet snow.
DENALI NATIONAL PARK — Denali National Park has just one road in and out. And each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors fill the park s trademark buses for tours, hoping