Ralph and Pat brought up a great point. In past years driving in Alaska was made difficult because of the horrible frost heaves. When we were here two years ago the highway was under construction in many places. Now, two years later, the highway has been great UNTIL today. The highway between Palmer and Valdez is full of frost heaves, very narrow, steep grades, and no shoulders! It was like a roller coaster and I HATE roller coasters!

We were told that four years ago a new person took over the highway job and he did not like the curves. He decided to redo the highway, not for the frost heaves, to eliminate as many curves as possible! New bridges were constructed to eliminate those curves! The elimination of curves also eliminated the frost heaves, at least for now!