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During the late 1960s and continuing to 1971, highways were built to connect Carmacks with Ross River, with a spur road to Faro to serve the new lead-zinc mine that opened in 1969. Additional road work was also completed between Ross River and Miner Junction. The completed road complements the
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The Campbell Highway is mostly gravel, and the most improved section is between Carmacks and Faro, where it has the most traffic from trucks hauling ore to Whitehorse and beyond.
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The highway was originally route 9, but became route 4 in 1978. For travellers from the south whose destination is
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and Miner Junction, was built in the early 1960s as part of the project to complete road access to
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Canol Road, providing two loops and bringing year-round access to Ross River.
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The first portion of the Robert Campbell Highway, between
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Index

Yukon Highway 4
Yukon Highway 4 marker

Yukon DOH&PW
Hwy 2
Klondike Highway
Carmacks, YT
Hwy 6
Canol Road
Ross River, YT
Hwy 10
Nahanni Range Road
Hwy 1
Alaska Highway
Watson Lake, YT
Canada
Yukon
Territorial highways in Yukon
Miscellaneous
Hwy 3
Hwy 5


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