Dempster Highway
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| Yukon Highway 5 Northwest Territories Highway 8 |
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| Length: | 737.5 km (458.3 mi) YT-5: 465 km (289 mi) NWT-8: 272.5 km (169.3 mi) |
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 Hwy 2 (Klondike Highway) near Dawson City, YT
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| North end: | Inuvik, NT | ||||||
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Miscellaneous
The Dempster Highway, also referred to as Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8, is a highway in Canada that connects the Klondike Highway in Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories on the Mackenzie River delta. During the winter months, the highway extends another 194 km (121 mi) to Tuktoyaktuk, on the northern coast of Canada, using frozen portions of the Mackenzie River delta as an ice road (the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road). The highway crosses the Peel River and the Mackenzie Rivers using a combination of seasonal ferry service and ice bridges.
The highway begins about 40 km (25 mi) east of Dawson City, Yukon on the Klondike Highway and extends 736 km (457 mi) to Inuvik, NT. Construction of the 140 km (87 mi) all-weather extension to Tuktoyaktuk commenced in April 2013, with completion scheduled for 2016. Due to a combination of a short winter in 2015 and extremely cold weather in 2016, the completion date was extended to the 2017-2018 winter.
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