# Alaska Route 7

Alaska Route 7 (abbreviated as AK-7) is a state highway in the Alaska Panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It consists of four unconnected pieces which serve some of the Panhandle communities. The Alaska Marine Highway ferries stop in the cities connecting to the Alaska Highway in Yukon via the Haines Highway.

## Route description

According to Alaska's supplement to the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, AK-7 follows (from south to north):
   * South Tongass Highway, North Tongass Highway (Ketchikan)
   * Nordic Drive, Mitkoff Highway (Petersburg)
   * Glacier Highway, Egan Drive (Juneau)
   * Haines Highway, Haines to Border
No other segments are shown on maps.
The Alaska Marine Highway ferry service connect the sections, but for the most parts the ports are not located at the endpoint of each segment; thus many of the endpoints are dead ends.

### Tongass Highway

The southernmost piece of AK-7 is known as the Tongass Highway and heads both ways from Ketchikan on Revillagigedo Island. The ferry calls at Ketchikan. Within the city of Ketchikan, it is named Tongass Avenue from the northern city limits at the airport ferry terminal to the Newtown neighborhood. Continuing downtown it is successively Water, Front, Mill and Stedman streets, becoming the Tongass Highway again after passing Coast Guard Base Ketchikan.

### Mitkoff Highway / Nordic Drive

Another section of AK-7 is the Mitkoff Highway. Traveling south from Petersburg to the southeast point of Mitkof Island. AK-7 also includes the short Nordic Drive, connecting the Mitkoff Highway to the north point of the island. Petersburg has a ferry terminal.

### Egan Drive / Glacier Highway

Egan Drive which is part of AK-7, is the main road in Juneau, replacing the Glacier Highway from downtown Juneau to near the Juneau International Airport. Beyond the airport, AK-7 continues along the Glacier Highway past Auke Bay to its northernmost point near Berners Bay. The extreme southern end of Egan Drive is known as Marine Way. The ferry calls at Auke Bay.
There were plans to extend the road north of Berners Bay as the Lynn Canal Highway; however, the project has been indefinitely shelved due to the state's budget crisis.

### Haines Highway

The final piece of AK-7 begins in downtown Haines, another ferry stop; it follows the Haines Highway northwest to the border with British Columbia, Canada. In BC, it continues north as the Haines Highway with no designation, eventually connecting with Yukon Highway 3 (which ends at the Alaska Highway at Haines Junction in the Yukon Territory).

## Major intersections

| Borough | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Ketchikan Gateway | ​ | 0.00 | 0.00 | Dead end | Beaver Falls access; southern terminus of AK-7/Tongass Highway |
| Ketchikan Gateway | Ketchikan | 15.5 | 24.9 | Ferry Terminal Road — Ketchikan Ferry Terminal | Alaska Marine Highway |
| Ketchikan Gateway | Ward Cove | 31.7 | 51.0 | Dead end | Northern terminus of Tongass Highway |
| Gap in route ||||||
| Unorganized | Mitkof Island | 0.00 | 0.00 | Dead end | Southern terminus of Mitkof Highway |
| Unorganized | Petersburg | 32.21 | 51.84 | Ferry Terminal Road — Petersburg Ferry Terminal | Alaska Marine Highway |
| Unorganized | Petersburg | 34.21 | 55.06 | Sandy Beach Road east | Nordic Drive turns east and becomes Sandy Beach Road; northern terminus of Mitkof Highway |
| Gap in route ||||||
| City and Borough of Juneau | City and Borough of Juneau | 0.00 | 0.00 | Franklin Street — Downtown, Thane | Southern terminus of Egan Drive |
| City and Borough of Juneau | City and Borough of Juneau | 0.68 | 1.09 | Juneau-Douglas Bridge — Douglas | |
| City and Borough of Juneau | City and Borough of Juneau | | | Glacier Highway Access Road | Interchange |
| City and Borough of Juneau | City and Borough of Juneau | | | Glacier Highway south | AK-7 north overlaps Glacier Highway |
| City and Borough of Juneau | City and Borough of Juneau | 13.15 | 21.16 | Ferry Terminal Road — Auke Bay Ferry Terminal | Alaska Marine Highway |
| City and Borough of Juneau | City and Borough of Juneau | 39.01 | 62.78 | Dead end | Beyond Echo Cove access; northern terminus of Glacier Highway |
| Gap in route ||||||
| Haines | Haines | 0.00 | 0.00 | Front Street to Haines Ferry Terminal | To Alaska Marine Highway; southern terminus of Haines Highway |
| Canada–United States border | Canada–United States border | 39.7 | 63.9 | Dalton Cache - Pleasant Camp Border Crossing | Dalton Cache - Pleasant Camp Border Crossing |
| Canada–United States border | Canada–United States border | 39.7 | 63.9 | Haines Highway north | Continuation into British Columbia |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi ||||||