Valdez Trail-Copper Bluff Segment

Valdez Trail-Copper Bluff Segment
Nearest city Copper City, Alaska
Area 4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built 1900
Governing body Federal
MPS Valdez Trail MPS
NRHP Reference # 98000077[1]
Added to NRHP February 12, 1998

The Valdez-Trail-Copper Bluff Segment is an historic early trail in southern Alaska. It is a section of unpaved roadway, eight to ten feet in width, that extends roughly northward from milepost 106.5 of the Richardson Highway, between Copper Center and Glennallen. It is a rare surviving segment of the original Valdez Trail, the first major road built in Alaska, which extend 700 miles (1,100 km) from Valdez into the Alaskan interior. This segment was constructed in 1900 by the Alaska Road Commission, and is now within Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Valdez Trail-Copper Bluff Segment". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-27.