Bob Blodgett NomeāTeller | |
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NomeāTeller Highway highlighted in red | |
Route information | |
Maintained by Alaska DOT&PF | |
Length | 72 mi (116 km) |
Major junctions | |
From | Nome |
To | Teller |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Highway system | |
The Bob Blodgett NomeāTeller Memorial Highway, also known as the NomeāTeller Highway and generally referred to as simply the Teller Highway, is a well-maintained gravel road in the U.S. state of Alaska. It runs 72 miles northwest from Nome to the Inupiat village of Teller, located at the base of the sand spit that divides Port Clarence from Grantley Harbor. [1] [2]
Traversing rolling upland tundra meadows with many creek and river crossings, the road skirts the western flank of the rugged, glacier-carved Kigluaik Mountains. The road leads through some of the country's earliest gold mining areas and ends at the only native village on the summer road system.
The road was named in honor of Robert R. "Bob" Blodgett, a Teller businessman and politician. Nicknamed "The Heller from Teller" in the halls of the state capitol, Blodgett served as a Democratic member of the state house and senate during Alaska's early years as a state.
The entire route is in Unorganized Borough.
Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Nome | 0.0 | 0.0 | Front Street to NomeāCouncil Highway | Southern terminus | |
Teller | 72 | 116 | Front Street | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Bob Blodgett NomeāTeller | |
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NomeāTeller Highway highlighted in red | |
Route information | |
Maintained by Alaska DOT&PF | |
Length | 72 mi (116 km) |
Major junctions | |
From | Nome |
To | Teller |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alaska |
Highway system | |
The Bob Blodgett NomeāTeller Memorial Highway, also known as the NomeāTeller Highway and generally referred to as simply the Teller Highway, is a well-maintained gravel road in the U.S. state of Alaska. It runs 72 miles northwest from Nome to the Inupiat village of Teller, located at the base of the sand spit that divides Port Clarence from Grantley Harbor. [1] [2]
Traversing rolling upland tundra meadows with many creek and river crossings, the road skirts the western flank of the rugged, glacier-carved Kigluaik Mountains. The road leads through some of the country's earliest gold mining areas and ends at the only native village on the summer road system.
The road was named in honor of Robert R. "Bob" Blodgett, a Teller businessman and politician. Nicknamed "The Heller from Teller" in the halls of the state capitol, Blodgett served as a Democratic member of the state house and senate during Alaska's early years as a state.
The entire route is in Unorganized Borough.
Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nome | 0.0 | 0.0 | Front Street to NomeāCouncil Highway | Southern terminus | |
Teller | 72 | 116 | Front Street | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |