Seward Highway - Related Route

Related Route

The Old Seward Highway is an approximately 8 miles (13 km) long former routing of the Seward Highway. The road is located entirely within Anchorage, with a southern terminus near the Rabbit Creek neighborhood, and a northern terminus in the Midtown neighborhood. Both of the highways termini are points on the Seward Highway. The highway was created in 1951, along with most of the Seward Highway.

The Old Seward Highway begins at an intersection with the Seward Highway near the neighborhood of Rabbit Creek, in southern Anchorage. The route runs northward, concurrently named as Rabbit Creek Road. The route separates from Rabbit Creek Road, traveling northwest over the New Seward Highway and through the neighborhood of Oceanview. The route bends north, running parallel to the New Seward Highway. The roadway intersects Minnesota Drive/O'Malley Road, and continues northward through the Campbell/Taku neighborhood. The road proceeds north into Midtown, traveling through the neighborhood to the highway's northern terminus, an intersection with 34th Avenue. An exit ramp from the New Seward Highway serves as the beginning of the southbound lanes.

The Old Seward Highway was created in 1951, as part of the original routing of the Seward Highway. Beginning in 1976, the state of Alaska designated three projects to reroute a large portion of the Seward Highway. This rerouting would bypass the section of the highway that is now the Old Seward Highway. The final portion of the rerouting was completed in early June of 1998.

The Old Seward Highway has a short, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) long spur road that connects Potter Valley Road to the highway.