The Alaska Highway. Original caption: 43-3721: To build a new tote road across the closed section of swamps near Beaver Creek, Contractor Lundeen found the going much easier by building the new trail on an entirely different alignment from the army road. The vegetation which insulated the frozen ground had been disturbed and a quagmire of thawed silt marked the army road. This aerial picture shows a point where the two trails cross, the more distinct road of the two is the new road. Section B 2 Mile post 1461. Sept. 21, 1943 Photo by Pinkstaff. Original caption: 43-3722: This aerial view shows
The Alaska Highway. Original caption: 43-3721: To build a new tote road across the closed section of swamps near Beaver Creek, Contractor Lundeen found the going much easier by building the new trail on an entirely different alignment from the army road. The vegetation which insulated the frozen ground had been disturbed and a quagmire of thawed silt marked the army road. This aerial picture shows a point where the two trails cross, the more distinct road of the two is the new road. Section B 2 Mile post 1461. Sept. 21, 1943 Photo by Pinkstaff. Original caption: 43-3722: This aerial view shows two trails across the large swamp just east of Beaver Creek. The one at the right is the badly rutted army road of 1942, the bottom has "thawed" out of it and it is impassable. A large side borrow may be seen at the corner of the road at the right. The road to the left is the new trail constructed by Contractor Lundeen, it has been constructed by end dumping with no side borrows as all of the material has been hauled from a large pit west of Beaver Creek. Truck turn arounds may be seen at somewhat regular intervals. Section B 2. Mile post 1463 September 2, 1943. Photo by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.
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