New road from Tanana to Yukon River nears completion

Construction of a new road to the Yukon River near Tanana is almost complete.
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DOT Northern Region Spokesperson Meadow Bailey estimates the project is about 80 percent finished, with about 6 miles left to go before the road reaches the south bank of the Yukon across from Tanana.
The project is building 20 miles of new roadway and improving 14 miles of existing road, extending north and west out of Manley Hot Springs.
Bailey says the work schedule was thrown off by this summer&rsquo