Talk:List of Interstate Highways in Alaska

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Signs[edit]

If these roads are "unsigned", then why are there pictures of signs in the article? Ardric47 05:39, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unsigned means that there's no signs indicating that this is Interstate A1, for example. A1 is unsigned because there are no signs on it saying that it is A1; it has other route numbers on it. This designation only exists on paper thus. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:45, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Right, so why are there graphics for Interstate markers? Ardric47 07:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just for the heck of it. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 02:36, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
FHWA uses them on maps: [1] --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 04:40, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Google Earth shows interstate number shields, but without the letter A. GBC (talk) 04:39, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Do they even meet Interstate highway standards?[edit]

By looking at maps of Alaska's roads, there seems to be no indication of any limited access, 4+ lane roads in the entire state, with at least some median in the middle. So should these even be called interstates on paper? --NicAgent 13:33, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well the FHWA considers them Interstates. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 16:49, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]


They are there, NicAgent, but not in great amounts. The only stretch long enough to show on a full-state map is perhaps 50 miles in total. The rest are either contained within or don't go far from Anchorage and Fairbanks, so they wouldn't show up unless your map is at least wall-sized.
I'm with you, though, the entire idea seems kind of like un-BJAODN-worthy BJAODN. But it is what the FHWA says... —Zero Gravitas 17:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The aforementioned ~50-mile-long (actually closer to 45 but whatever) stretch near Anchorage is built to freeway standards but not quite interstate. The only road I know of built to true interstate standards is a chunk of the Johansen Expressway in Fairbanks, which isn't even a state highway let alone considered an interstate. So no, they're not quite built to interstate standards. 216.137.192.89 (talk) 00:41, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Maps for each highway[edit]


If anyone splits this article into four for each of the "highways," maps are available for the individual routes. Cheers. Stratosphere (T/C) 05:46, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I want separate articles for all four Interstates!!! -Thank you.[edit]

There are pictures for each interstate, and maps for each interstate, and sign pictures for each interstate! Shouldn't there be seperate articles for each interstate? I want four different articles, as a BIG fan of Wikipedia (really, I have a picture of Wikipedia's logo on my bedroom wall). Please consider this. Thanks a lot.

Probably, I'll add it to my long to-do list. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:37, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Better picture for the Parks[edit]

I live in Alaska. Perhaps the road is like that in the winter; however, I've come across multiple instances on Wikipedia where a picture is taken in such a way so as somebody would take it as an example of the "Alaska's uncivilized" stereotype (one such is a picture of the Conoco building in Anchorage, taken behind a tall fence). I may point out that all three other images of the highways were taken in the summer, so the Parks' image should be as well. 216.137.192.89 (talk) 00:51, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I also live in Alaska and I have to say I don't see your point. . You seem worried that we might accidentally give someone the impression that it sometimes is snowy and cold in the winter on the road between Anchorage and Fairbanks, and that there are areas that are entirely uncivilized with miles of nothing but wilds. Since we strive for accuracy here I can't say I see the problem with giving that impression. I don't think it is reasonable to think most people would therefore come to the conclusion the other highways were always nice and sunny but the Parks is always cold and desolate.
That being said the main article on the George Parks Highway has several other images to choose from.
The description page of File:CPbuilding Anch-AK.jpg, which would seem to be the image you are referring to, makes it clear that the foreground is a construction zone. I don't think there is any any merit to your theory that it was either taken or posted here out of malice, a fundamental principle here is to assume good faith until you have seen direct evidence to the contrary.
We have folks at the WP:IMAGELAB who could crop that, or you could download it, crop it, and re-upload it if have any photo manipulation software. If you have a digital camera you probably have such software on your computer already. The file is hosted at Wikimedia Commons so you can pretty much do whatever you want with it. If you register an account here it will also work over there. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:04, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unsigned in the first graf on the lede[edit]

I believe the fact that the routes are not signed should be in the first paragraph — it's a pretty vitally important fact that none of these routes "exist" on the ground, so to speak, and that people shouldn't be looking for them in navigational terms, because they'll be looking in vain. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 06:37, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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