AlCan Highway

A stretch of the Alcan Highway, from Building the Alaska Highway. Photo Library of Congress. 

America s Glory Road . .. On Ice Permafrost and the Development of the Alcan Highway, 1942-1943... 

Fig. 37.3 Map of Alcan Highway route in 1942, showing approximate locations of regimental sectors. Base map from Richardson (1942a 82)...

Fig. 37.5 Life along the construction route of Alcan pioneer road, (a-top /

Table 37.2 Rates of Alcan highway construction during 1942 (after Sturdevant 1943 180)...

The Alcan Highway was one of the largest North American engineering projects undertaken to that time. The urgency with which it was implemented led to costly construction blunders that could have been avoided if information about permafrost behavior and effective construction methods had been readily available to North American engineers at the time the highway was built. 

Lane, A. L. (1942). The Alcan Highway road location and construction methods. The Military Engineer, 34,492-499. 

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