SHORT CUT TO TCXJO: One ol' the \vorld\s iSroalc t Highway conduction pi eject:- was completed cn Dec nn!)cr Ist. when the United States opened the Alaska Military iv—the tir t cvrrlun.il route •:,onncctinjf tlie main'andfc of the U.S. with its; ' northern territorial po session. The road, comp'ett".! months ahead ol seiiec'uie, iviil be cue ol the L nitcd Xat'oiv? most important supply routes for plane--. food. p:uns.. and men. IL brings the U.S. approximately 2000 nvles e!o-er to Tokio by land. U.S. Army Corps oi' thnnv a temporary pontoon bridge oyer a riyer on the route. Later a permanent .striK-lure w'Li be built.

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 06, Issue 96, 6 August 1943, Page 3

SHORT CUT TO TCXJO: One ol' the \vorld\s iSroalc t Highway conduction pi eject:- was completed cn Dec nn!)cr Ist. when the United States opened the Alaska Military iv—the tir t cvrrlun.il route •:,onncctinjf tlie main'andfc of the U.S. with its; ' northern territorial po session. The road, comp'ett".! months ahead ol seiiec'uie, iviil be cue ol the L nitcd Xat'oiv? most important supply routes for plane--. food. p:uns.. and men. IL brings the U.S. approximately 2000 nvles e ! o-er to Tokio by land. U.S. Army Corps oi' thnnv a temporary pontoon bridge oyer a riyer on the route. Later a permanent .striK-lure w'Li be built.