Kenai Spur Highway Explained

State:AK
Kenai Spur Highway
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:Kenai Spur Highway highlighted in red
Length Mi:38.787
Length Round:3
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Soldotna
Direction B:North
Terminus B:Bay Beach Road in Nikiski
Boroughs:Kenai Peninsula

The Kenai Spur Highway is a 39adj=midNaNadj=mid highway on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The road begins at a junction with the Sterling Highway in Soldotna and provides access to the towns of Kenai and Nikiski, dead-ending at the entrance to the Captain Cook State Recreation Area. Visitors traveling between the Homer area and these areas can bypass Soldotna and access the Spur Highway via Kalifornsky Beach Road.[2] The highway is a four-lane undivided road inside of the cities of Soldotna and Kenai and a two-lane road elsewhere. The northern section of the road is also known as the North Kenai Road. In 2018, the Federal Highway Administration approved a plan to extend the road by eight miles to improve access to remote homes in the area.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Jennifer W. . Witt . 2010 . Annual Traffic Volume Report . 2008-2009-2010 . PDF . . III–25 – III-26 . December 27, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330090745/http://www.dot.state.ak.us/stwdplng/mapping/trafficmaps/trafficdata_reports_cen/2010_ATVR_FINAL_All_Posted.pdf . March 30, 2014 .
  2. Book: Valencia . Kris . 2007 . . 59th . Morris Communications . Anchorage AK . 611–619 . 978-1-892154-21-7.
  3. Boettger, Ben, North road extension environmental permitting finished Peninsula Clarion 5/11/2018