  Steese Highway | ||||
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| Alaska Route 6 Alaska Route 2 | ||||
 Steese Highway highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 161 mi (259 km) | |||
| Existed | Late 1890s–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   AK-2 south (Richardson Highway) / Airport Way in Fairbanks | |||
Chena Hot Springs Road near Fairbanks AK-2 north (Elliot Highway) near FairbanksCircle Hot Springs Road in Central | ||||
| North end | River Street in Circle | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Alaska | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The Steese Highway (known as the Steese Expressway within Fairbanks) is a highway in the Interior region of the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 161 miles (259 km) from Fairbanks to Circle, a town on the Yukon River about 50 miles (80 km) south of the Arctic Circle.[1] The highway was completed in 1927 and is named for U.S. Army General James G. Steese, a former president of the Alaska Road Commission.[2] It is paved for about the first 81 miles (130 km) and around the town of Central it turns to dirt and gravel. Much of it is narrow and winding.
- ^ The Milepost 2009 edition, pages 506-512 ISBN 978-1-892154-26-2
- ^ Steese, James Gordon (January 1914). "Transportation Conditions In Alaska". Review of Reviews. XLIX (1): 58–64. Retrieved 2009-08-14.