# Sightseeing Around Fairbanks, AK?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 23, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sightseeing-around-fairbanks-ak/693838 "2014-07-23T15:19:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sightseeing-around-fairbanks-ak/693838/21 "2014-07-27T04:57:35Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> It’s not bad, but the Taylor is, in my extensive driving experience in Alaska, the worst road in the state, bar none. Rutted, potholed, narrow and washboarded. It’s a 25mph road at best. If it’s raining, it’s even worse because of washouts and soft shoulders near shear drops. Once you cross into Canada, things improve markedly.

Kind of funny because we drove the Alcan highway twice before it was paved, getting to pavement the first time was when we got to Alaska. The second time we stopped and stayed in the Yukon. So a few trips were made to Whitehorse , where we would drive up and down the paved streets there for fun. We haven’t seen it since it was paved, sometimes I think I would like to see it, then I remember the dive bomber sized mosquitoes.

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