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2 unusual facts about George Parks Highway


Denali Highway

After crossing the Susitna River the road extends across the glaciers outwash plains to the Nenana River, and then down the Nenana River to Cantwell on the George Parks Highway (Alaska #3).

George Parks

George Parks Highway, a major highway in Alaska, which was named for George Alexander Parks


Nenana River

The upper valley of the river furnishes approximately 100 mi (160 km) of the northern route of both the Alaska Railroad and the Parks Highway (Alaska State Highway 3) connecting Fairbanks and Anchorage.

Suntrana, Alaska

It lies along the George Parks Highway south of the city of Anderson, the county seat of Denali Borough, and on the northeastern edge of Denali National Park and Preserve.


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