Seasonal closure · McCarthy Road · Alaska
Regular maintenance ends Oct. 1 and resumes in spring. Below: what the AK 511 feed is posting for McCarthy Road right now, and the dates Alaska DOT&PF gives, quoted from its own page.
“Regular maintenance will end Oct. 1 and will resume in the spring.”
Source: dot.alaska.gov/comm/pressbox/arch2022/PR22-0044.shtml, read October 2, 2026.
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Regular maintenance ends Oct. 1 That is what Alaska DOT&PF publishes, read October 2, 2026. The gate goes in when the snow does, so the date moves from year to year. No 2026-27 dates were posted on the source page when it was read.
Resumes in the spring Plowing and avalanche work set the day, and the agency announces it when the road is ready.
Not given. The rest of McCarthy Road is handled like any other road in Alaska.
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