Alaska Highway: Current projects
We inspect and assess bridges, culverts and road surfaces annually to ensure the highway remains safe.
On this page
- Small culverts program
- Asphalt overlay program
- Other improvement projects
- Contamination assessment and cleanup
Small culverts program
Over 4 years, we’ll repair and replace culverts along the Alaska Highway, targeting a different group of culverts each year. This includes:
- installing new pipe culverts
- repairing and decommissioning existing culverts
- installing erosion protection measures
- restoring environmentally disturbed areas
Contract award for year 1
- Contract award date: August 2024
- Purpose: Repair 10 large culverts along the highway
- Location: Between Fort St. John, British Columbia, and Watson Lake, Yukon(kilometre [km] 313 to km 507)
- Recipient: In-Line Contracting Partnership
- Value: Over $4.3 million
- Work completion date: End of March 2025
- Status: Completed
Contract award for year 2
- Contract award date: August 2025
- Purpose: Replace 54 small culverts along the highway
- Location: Km 133 to km 968
- Recipient: In-Line Contracting Partnership
- Value: Over $13.4 million
- Work start date: November 2025
- Work completion date: End of March 2026
- Status: In progress
The new culverts will be made from Canadian-fabricated steel.
Asphalt overlay program
We launched a 3-year program to extend the service life of aging asphalt by applying surface treatments or overlays where cracking and rutting occur. Once the surface treatment has been completed, the area will have rumble strips installed and lines painted.
Contract award for year 1
- Contract award date: May 2024
- Purpose: Repair 61 km of asphalt road surface
- Location: Km 390 to km 451
- Recipient: Peters Brothers Construction Limited
- Value: Over $13.5 million
- Status: Completed
Planning for year 2 work
- Purpose: Repair 58 km of asphalt road surface
- Location: Km 133 to 149, km 182 to 197 and km 458 to 485
- Status: Planned for summer 2026
Other improvement projects
We plan and execute projects based on recommendations from regular inspection reports.
The most significant projects underway or planned include:
- km 133 to 968: small culvert program of work
- km 384: bridge culvert #3 rehabilitation
- km 780: Liard River erosion mitigation
- Muncho Lake and Liard River Sand and Salt Storage Facility replacement
- Tetsa Bridge deck repairs
Contamination assessment and cleanup
Over the next 5 years, there will be more than 50 Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan projects on the Alaska Highway, with costs ranging from $25,000 to $2 million.
We’ll assess each site to determine contamination levels and need for cleanup.
For each project, the cleanup might involve tasks such as:
- carrying out excavation work
- transporting the waste to a disposal facility
- using an on-site bioremediation facility to treat the contamination