But on an Alaska State Ferry, next time. It provides no-crowd, low-cost (once you reach Alaska, that is) access to some of the most remote, beautiful trailheads, beaches, streams, and lakes in the ...

The more than $300 million project is not expected to be completed until at least 2028 – a year later than originally ...

However, the volunteer board that advises the ferry system, the Alaska Marine Highway Operations ... because it’s a function of the state,” she said. “However, the more it can operate ...

Rather than serving solely leisure travel, the ferry is part of the Alaska Marine Highway, which is the state's main public transportation system. In the absence of any interconnecting roads in ...

Officials plan to take a year assessing the pros and cons of constructing a crossing beneath the Knick Arm to link Mat-Su ...

While planning and hoping for as much as $2 billion to replace its shrinking fleet of older ships over the next 20 years, the ...

Approximately 360,000 tourists drive the highway each year, often driving in one direction and taking the Alaska State Ferry in the other. Today, the Alaska Highway remains the sole land route to ...

The deadline to submit feedback on the state's proposed summer ferry schedule for 2025 is Tuesday, November 12. Public ...

In all, an estimated 30 men died during the construction of the Alaska Highway. Nearly half of the casualties occurred in the single most devastating of those accidents, a ferry disaster at ...

and Juneau (Alaska’s state capital, which is only accessible by air or sea). Itineraries will also include a visit to ...

A rendering of the Tustumena Replacement Vessel. (From Alaska DOTPF) State ferry passengers will have to wait even longer to sail on the ferry Tustumena’s replacement vessel. The more than $300 ...