What prompted this is that Tern Lake Junction has never been considered a community per se However speaking of Tern Lake Junction looking at Google Maps has brought up another question We can tell from the signage as well as other available sources that Alaska Route 1 southbound runs along the southbound exit ramp to the westbound Sterling Highway So technically the Seward Highway and Alaska Route 1 run concurrently only northbound within the stretch between where the two intersect with the Seward Highway However it is hard to tell from the signage whether Alaska Route 9 actually begins at the exit ramp intersection or at the Sterling Highway intersection I haven t paid a visit to that area in a while now I haven t seen anything that I can recall which would constitute an answer from a RS either Any hints feel free to let us know