Kenai Spur Highway

Kenai Spur Highway
Route information
Length: 38.787 mi[1] (62.422 km)
Existed: c.1951 – present
Major junctions
South end: AK-1 (Sterling Highway) in Soldotna
North end: Bay Beach Road in Nikiski
Location
Boroughs: Kenai Peninsula
Highway system

The Kenai Spur Highway is a 39-mile-long (63 km) highway on the Kenai Peninsula in 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]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Kenai Peninsula Borough.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Soldotna0.0000.000 AK-1 (Sterling Highway)Southern terminus
Kenai6.27010.091Beaver Loop RoadSouthern bypass around Kenai
10.31016.592Airport WayAccess to Kenai Airport
10.67517.180Bridge Access Road
11.05417.790Willow StreetAccess to central Kenai
11.35918.281Main Street LoopForm's loop around central Kenai
14.04022.595Wildwood DriveAccess to Wildwood Correctional Complex
Nikiski26.75143.052Nikiski Beach RoadAccess to Nikiski High School
38.78762.422Bay Beach RoadNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 Witt, Jennifer W. (2010). Annual Traffic Volume Report (PDF) (Report) (2008-2009-2010 ed.). Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. pp. III–25 – III–26. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
  2. Valencia, Kris, ed. (2007). The Milepost (59th ed.). Anchorage AK: Morris Communications. pp. 611–619. ISBN 978-1-892154-21-7.


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