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McCarthy Road starts at the end of the Edgerton Highway in Chitina. The road is gravel-surfaced, and often very rough with many
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This article is about Alaska Route 10 between Chitina and the Kennecott River. For other segments of the route, see
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The road does not actually lead all the way to Kennecott; visitors must cross the
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built in the 1990s. The road is not maintained during winter.
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and sharp turns. The route follows the railbed of the defunct
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The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland
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The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland
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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park visitor information
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Index

Alaska Route 10
Alaska Route 10 marker

Alaska DOT&PF
AK-10
Edgerton Highway
Chitina
Kennecott River
Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark
United States
Alaska
Alaska Routes
Interstate
Scenic Byways
gravel-surfaced
Edgerton Highway
Chitina
McCarthy, Alaska


washboards
Copper River and Northwestern Railway
Kuskulana River
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
copper
mines
Kennecott
Kennecott River
footbridge
2004

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