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VISITORS GUIDE
The trans-Alaska oil pipeline snakes across the Alaska tundra below the Brooks Range about 150 miles from Prudhoe Bay, carrying North Slope crude oil about 800 miles to Valdez. Associated Press file photo
PIPELINE
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ports. The highway pullout near the pipeline crossing is a popular stopping point for drivers.
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The pipeline is one of the top attractions to visitors to Alaska, and some of the best places to view the pipeline are in the Interior. Along its 800-mile journey the pipeline often trails along the side of several highways, including the Dalton Highway, Elliott Highway and Richardson Highway. One of the best places to view the pipeline is just north of Fairbanks, at 8.4 Mile on the Steese Highway near Fox. Visitors there can get out of their cars and walk alongside the pipeline, which rests above ground on vertical support beams. For visitors seeking a more sweeping view of the pipeline, Donnelly Dome, located just south of Delta Junction on the Richardson Highway, rises above the surrounding valley and provides a view of the pipeline as it travels south alongside the Delta River. Not far south from Donnelly Dome, the pipeline crosses the Richardson Highway, going below ground to travel under the highway before rising back out of the earth onto its sup-
Get a view
One of the best places to view the pipeline is just north of Fairbanks, at 8.4 Mile on the Steese Highway near Fox. Visitors there can get out of their cars and walk alongside the pipeline, which rests above ground on vertical support beams.