ALCAN Highway. "Meeting of bulldozers at Beaver ... When President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the building of the Alaska Highway in February 1942, the problem of who would actually do the ...

Also known as the Alcan Highway, this route in the top spot stretches from Dawson Creek in British Columbia through the Yukon to Delta Junction in Alaska. While generally well-maintained ...

In the middle of March 1942, approximately one month after President Franklin Rosevelt authorized the highway, the Army Corps of Engineers began arriving in Alaska. More than 10,000 soldiers ...