Road Lottery is typically the second weekend after Labor Day each year. The military distributes the 400 passes for Military Appreciation Day. In years past, each unit was allotted a certain number of tickets and it is the unit's responsibility to distribute them to the final users. A Military Appreciation Day pass will work essentially the same as a general road lottery pass, where a vehicle of people (family, friends etc) can all accompany the pass-holder. Before 1972, the entire Denali Park Road was open to private vehicles in summer, though bus service was also offered for anyone without a vehicle (or anyone who didn't want to drive the mountainous road). The construction of Alaska Highway 3 in the early 1970s shortened the driving time to Denali from Anchorage and Fairbanks considerably and led to an increase in the number of vehicles on the park's sole road.
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