The Edgerton Highway at about milepost
4.0.
The
Edgerton Highway is a minor highway in the
U.S. state of Alaska
that extends
33 miles (55 km) from the Richardson Highway near Copper
Center
to the town of Chitina
.
The
McCarthy Road, within the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and
Preserve
, is a 58-mile (94-km) extension from Chitina to
McCarthy
.
The Edgerton Highway, named for
U.S.
Army Major Glenn Edgerton, a member of the
Alaska Territorial
Road Commission, follows an old pack trail along the
Copper River, and is paved. The
popular
dip-net salmon fishery in Chitina causes the highway to be
fairly heavily used in summer. It is part of
Alaska Route 10.
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