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A ferry connects West Dawson to Dawson in summer, and residents living in West Dawson and nearby Sunnydale cross on the ice during the winter. A bridge is planned by the Yukon government, although there is significant division among Dawson area residents as to whether such a bridge should be built.
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The highway is so named because, along much of its length, it skirts the crest of the hills, giving looks down on the valleys. It is also one of the most northerly highways in the world at those latitudes. Two nearby, farther north highways are the
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The west-bank residents received improved phone service only in 2004 but do not have a public electricity supply.
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As of August 2016, the U.S. portion of the highway is paved from the Taylor Highway junction almost as far as
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of 2004 burned up to the Canada–US border and was visible from the westernmost portions of the highway.
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features one of the few jointly-built single building customs ports of entry along the
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A 50 km (31 mi) branch road off the highway was used to reach the town of
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at this border, which is only open in summer during the 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. period (
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is a 127 km-long (79 mi) highway, beginning at a junction with the
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travelling east to its terminus at the ferry terminal in
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Highway between Yukon, Canada and Alaska, United States
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Maintained by Department of Highways and Public Works
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Index

Yukon Highway 9
Yukon Highway 9 marker

AK-5
Taylor Highway
Jack Wade, AK
Hwy 2
West Dawson
Canada
Yukon
Territorial highways in Yukon
Miscellaneous
Hwy 8
Hwy 10
Taylor Highway
Jack Wade, Alaska
West Dawson, Yukon
Yukon River
Chicken, Alaska
Canada–United States border
Little Gold Creek
Dempster Highway (Yukon Route 5)
Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11)
snowmobile
Clinton Creek, Yukon
asbestos
mine
Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing
Canada–US border
time zones

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