page_title: George Parks Highway
section_title: Exit list
hierarchical_section_title: George Parks Highway / Exit list
caption_attribution_description: English: Parks Highway to Fairbanks, Alaska This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Cropped. Modifications made by Imzadi1979.
context_page_description: The George Parks Highway, usually called simply the Parks Highway, runs 323 miles from the Glenn Highway 35 miles north of Anchorage to Fairbanks in the Alaska Interior. The highway, originally known as the Anchorage-Fairbanks Highway, was completed in 1971, and given its current name in 1975.
  The highway, which mostly parallels the Alaska Railroad, is one of the most important roads in Alaska. It is the main route between Anchorage and Fairbanks, the principal access to Denali National Park and Preserve and Denali State Park, and the main highway in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. The route's Interstate designation is not signed; rather, its entire length is signed as Alaska Route 3.
  It is a common misconception that the name "Parks Highway" comes from the road's proximity to the Denali state and national parks; it is in fact in honor of George Alexander Parks, governor of the Territory of Alaska from 1925 to 1933. However, the aptness of the name was recognized when it was chosen.
  Mileposts along the Parks Highway do not begin with 0. Instead, they begin with Mile 35, continuing the milepost numbering of the Glenn Highway where the two highways intersect near Palmer.
caption: View of the Parks Highway in early autumn, looking northbound.
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