Tanana Road opens

Alaska has a new road, connecting Tanana on the Yukon river. It is the first road to connect a community to the system built by the state in more than 20 years.
Engineers, legislators and Native corporation executives visit the biggest bridge on the new road to Tanana. (Photo by Robyne, KUAC – Fairbanks)The Department of Transportation held a ceremony last week to officially open the new road. It cost about 14 million dollars, which is comparatively cheap next to most Alaska road projects.