Quake Update:
Cracks along the rails north of Anchorage; Photo credit: Alaska Railroad
The railroad between Anchorage and Fairbanks remains closed from the recent 7.0 earthquake. There are several sections like the photo above, with cracks that have developed along the rails. The cracks in the photo run 2-4 feet wide, and 200 feet long.
No timetable has been given to a return to rail traffic between Alaska’s two largest cities.
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The on-ramp seen around the globe:
Before/After Minnesota Blvd on-ramp; Photo credit: Alaska Tourism Board
The onramp from Minnesota Blvd to International Airport Road became Alaska’s most famous, with the photo of the SUV left stranded eight feet below grade.
I often make fun of Alaska’s DOT, but they have done a great job, by all accounts, getting Anchorage roads ready to handle traffic again. That interchange was rebuilt, repaved and lines painted in four days. Not bad, considering there was not an asphalt plant up & running at the time. A plant had to reopen, because everything was closed for the winter season.
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