Alaska Highway

E112896

highway road transportation corridor

The Alaska Highway is a historic overland route stretching from British Columbia through the Yukon to Alaska, built during World War II and now serving as a major transportation corridor for the region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Alaska Highway canonical	17
Alaska Highway corridor	1
Alaska Highway from Delta Junction to Canadian border	1
Alaska Highway in Yukon	1
Alaska-Canada Highway	1
Alcan Highway	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T620428 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alaska Highway
Context triple: [Alaska Marine Highway System, connectsWith, Alaska Highway]

A. Parks Highway
Parks Highway is a primary road in Alaska that connects the state’s largest city, Anchorage, with the Denali National Park region and the Interior.
B. Richardson Highway
Richardson Highway is a key Alaska roadway that connects Fairbanks to the port city of Valdez, traversing interior and south-central regions of the state.
C. Pacific Highway
The Pacific Highway is a major coastal road in eastern Australia that links Sydney and Brisbane, serving as a key transport corridor through numerous New South Wales and Queensland communities.
D. Shirley Highway
Shirley Highway is a major freeway in Northern Virginia that forms part of the primary commuter route between the suburbs and Washington, D.C.
E. U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alaska Highway
Target entity description: The Alaska Highway is a historic overland route stretching from British Columbia through the Yukon to Alaska, built during World War II and now serving as a major transportation corridor for the region.

A. Parks Highway
Parks Highway is a primary road in Alaska that connects the state’s largest city, Anchorage, with the Denali National Park region and the Interior.
B. Richardson Highway
Richardson Highway is a key Alaska roadway that connects Fairbanks to the port city of Valdez, traversing interior and south-central regions of the state.
C. Pacific Highway
The Pacific Highway is a major coastal road in eastern Australia that links Sydney and Brisbane, serving as a key transport corridor through numerous New South Wales and Queensland communities.
D. Shirley Highway
Shirley Highway is a major freeway in Northern Virginia that forms part of the primary commuter route between the suburbs and Washington, D.C.
E. U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 is a major transcontinental U.S. highway running east–west across the country from the Atlantic coast in Maryland to California, passing through numerous states and key cities along the way.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway ⓘ road ⓘ transportation corridor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Alaska Highway ⓘ surface form: Alaska-Canada Highway Alaska Highway ⓘ surface form: Alcan Highway
builtDuring	World War II ⓘ
connects	Dawson Creek, British Columbia ⓘ Delta Junction, Alaska ⓘ Fairbanks ⓘ surface form: Fairbanks, Alaska
constructedBy	African American army regiments ⓘ Canadian workers ⓘ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers civilian contractors ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1943 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1942 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
follows	U.S. Route 2 (near Delta Junction) ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	Cassiar Highway ⓘ Klondike Highway ⓘ Richardson Highway ⓘ
historicSignificance	first overland link between Alaska and the North American road network ⓘ major World War II engineering project in the North American Arctic and subarctic ⓘ
length	approximately 1,387 miles ⓘ approximately 2,232 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ British Columbia ⓘ Yukon ⓘ
maintainedBy	Government of British Columbia ⓘ Government of Yukon ⓘ Alaska ⓘ surface form: State of Alaska
notableFeature	crosses remote subarctic and boreal forest regions ⓘ important route for tourism to Alaska and Yukon ⓘ subject of numerous historical and travel accounts ⓘ
openedToMilitaryTraffic	1942 ⓘ
openedToPublicTraffic	1948 ⓘ
partOf	Pan-American Highway ⓘ surface form: Pan-American Highway network
passesThrough	Fort Nelson, British Columbia ⓘ Haines Junction, Yukon ⓘ Watson Lake ⓘ surface form: Watson Lake, Yukon Whitehorse ⓘ surface form: Whitehorse, Yukon
purpose	military supply route ⓘ strategic connection between Alaska and the contiguous United States ⓘ
regionServed	Yukon Territory ⓘ interior Alaska ⓘ northern British Columbia ⓘ
surface	paved ⓘ
terminusA	Dawson Creek, British Columbia ⓘ
terminusB	Delta Junction, Alaska ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alaska Marine Highway System → connectsWith → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Skagway → connectedByRoadTo → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Yukon → hasRoad → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Haines, Alaska → connectedTo → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Richardson Highway → hasJunctionWith → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Alaska Highway → alsoKnownAs → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alcan Highway

Alaska Highway → alsoKnownAs → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska-Canada Highway

Tok → locatedOn → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Tok → isGatewayForTravelersOn → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Delta Junction → locatedNear → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Whitehorse → highwayServedBy → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Kluane National Park and Reserve → hasAccessRoad → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Watson Lake → locatedOn → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Watson Lake → hasTransportation → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Watson Lake → roadConnection → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Haines Highway → connectedTo → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Northern British Columbia → traversedBy → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Alaska highway system → includes → Alaska Highway ⓘ

Alaska highway system → notableRoute → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska Highway from Delta Junction to Canadian border

British Columbia Highway 97 → formsPartOf → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska Highway corridor

British Columbia Highway 97 → continuesAs → Alaska Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska Highway in Yukon

British Columbia Highway 97 → hasSegmentName → Alaska Highway ⓘ

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