Zimovia Highway

Zimovia Highway
Zimovia Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Length	14 mi (23 km)
Major junctions
North end	Wrangell
South end	McCormick Creek Road
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Boroughs	Wrangell
Highway system
Alaska Routes Interstate Scenic Byways

The Zimovia Highway is a 14-mile-long (23 km) highway located in Wrangell, Alaska, United States.^[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Wrangell Borough.

Location	mi[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.00	0.00	McCormick Creek Road	Southern terminus
Wrangell	14	23	Church Street	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

History

On November 20, 2023, a landslide buried homes and a portion of the highway in a remote area south of Wrangell proper, killing two adults and a girl and leaving an adult and two children missing. The slide was 450 feet (137.2 m) wide when it crossed the highway. About 20 people were rescued from the area.^[3][4]

References

1. "Zimovia Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
2. "Overview route of Zimovia Highway" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
3. Sarah Dewberry (November 22, 2023). "'Everybody is pretty darn helpful': Boat operators rescue about 20 people after deadly Alaska landslide". CNN. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
4. Andrew Wulfeck (November 23, 2023). "3 killed after massive Alaska landslide destroys homes in wake of soaking atmospheric river". Fox Weather. Retrieved November 23, 2023.

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