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Gayle P. Clement | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gayle's Travelblog > Construction at Destruction Bay
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26-AUG-2007

Construction at Destruction Bay

We're retracing our steps for a bit as we head south from Alaska. In general the wilderness-area roads in Alaska and Canada have been good, mostly two lane highways like you will find in rural areas throughout the US. The exceptions were the areas subject to frost heaves, places where the permafrost has begun to melt and the areas where slides have taken out the road along the Alaskan Highway. The most memorable section for everyone I've spoken to has been the area from Haines Junction to Tok. The construction around Destruction Bay has been going on for several years. You can see how small the huge equipment looks as they work to take down a large section of a mountain so that the road can be widened.


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akleja28-Aug-2007 18:39
Beautiful! Vote!
Cindi Smith28-Aug-2007 11:05
Incredible story. They look like tonka toys!
QUERIDO28-Aug-2007 06:25
Beautiful contrast of colors,vote
Coleen Perilloux Landry28-Aug-2007 04:17
The two red cranes on the right look like giant high heeled shoes. Pretty. I agree with Scott.
Bryan Murahashi28-Aug-2007 03:32
Nice touch of colors in this capture. V
J. Scott Coile28-Aug-2007 03:06
Such an amazing trip. Like you've been there forever!
s_barbour28-Aug-2007 02:49
This image really shows the enormity of the mountains, beautiful capture!
Robin Reid28-Aug-2007 02:39
I saw an hour long documentary on the History Channel last week on the construction of the Alcan highway in 1942. They gave a lot of detail about the challenge of the permafrost. I guess that first year was an incredible effort.
Elaine (etfitz)28-Aug-2007 02:22
Amazing! They look like toys against the mountain!