The Nabesna Road is a minor highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 42 miles (68 km) from the Slana River to Nabesna, providing access to some interior components of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park . The entire length of the road is gravel and has few services. Flat tires and washouts are fairly common along the entire length of the road.
5-594: The Slana Roadhouse , on Nabesna Road in Slana, Alaska , in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area , is a historic site dating to 1928. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The listing included four contributing buildings on 5 acres (2.0 ha). The roadhouse building is a log building about 32 by 45 feet (9.8 m × 13.7 m) in dimension, and
10-752: The Nabesna Road and other remote roadways in Alaska. The roadhouse operated from 1928 to 1953 when the Glenn Highway was relocated to about a mile away; in 2004 it was a residence of Lawrence DeWitt's son. This article about a property in Alaska on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nabesna Road Today, the Alaska Department of Transportation maintains
15-409: The Nabesna Road and, generally, the road is passable by most two-wheel drive vehicles. However, higher clearance and/or four-wheel drive are occasionally needed beyond Mile 29 due to stream crossings. Wet conditions such as spring run-off and heavy rain can make these stream crossings impassable. The maintained portion of the road ends at a private hunting lodge at mile 42. The last four miles (6 km) of
20-483: The road are not maintained and may be deeply rutted and wet. Vehicle travel on this portion of the road is not recommended. The Slana Roadhouse , a historic site dating to 1928, is located on Nabesna Road in Slana . Motorists may stop at the Slana Ranger Station, mile .5, to check current road conditions and to pick up a Nabesna Road Guide brochure. The Nabesna Road was originally built in 1933 by
25-465: Was built by homesteader Lawrence DeWitt in 1928 near the Slana River . The building replaced a smaller, older roadhouse building. The community of Slana grew around it, and, in 2004, included a post office, an elementary school, stores, and more with a population of 50–100. It was deemed significant of one of few surviving pre-World War II roadside stops that used to be located about 30 miles apart on
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