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542:|title = Broad Pass Region, Alaska |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0608/report.pdf| publisher=United States Geological Survey}}</ref> Consequentially, the ] was completed between Fairbanks and Anchorage in 1923.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alaska Railroad |url=https://www.alaskarailroad.com/corporate/history |website=History |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref> In 1971, the ] was completed, and provided road access to the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alaska Department of Transportation |url=https://dot.alaska.gov/scenic/byways-parks.shtml |website=Parks Highway |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref> 562:
Consequentially, the ] was completed between Fairbanks and Anchorage in 1923.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alaska Railroad |url=https://www.alaskarailroad.com/corporate/history |website=History |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref> In 1971, the ] was completed, and provided road access to the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alaska Department of Transportation |url=https://dot.alaska.gov/scenic/byways-parks.shtml |website=Parks Highway |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
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of the ]. They also recorded the area's geology and topography, which led to railway plans in 1902.<ref>{{cite report |author= Fred H. Moffit |date= 1916 |title = Broad Pass Region, Alaska |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0608/report.pdf| publisher=United States Geological Survey}}</ref>
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The area was known to ] for millennia. The first recorded non-native expedition was done in 1898 by George H. Eldridge and Robert Muldrow of the ]. They also recorded the area's geology and topography, which led to railway plans in 1902.<ref>{{cite report |author= Fred H. Moffit |date= 1916
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geologists George Homans Eldridge<ref>{{cite conference |url= https://rock.geosociety.org/net/documents/gsa/memorials/b17/Eldridge-GH.pdf |title= Memoir of
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for millennia. The first recorded non-native expedition was done in 1898 by geologists George Homans Eldridge and
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It is one of three highway passes of the Alaska Range, the others being ] for the ] and ] for the ].
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It separates the Alaska Range to the west and an unnamed subrange to the east.
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It separates the Alaska Range to the west and an unnamed subrange to the east.
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was completed between Fairbanks and Anchorage in 1923. In 1971, the
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was completed, and provided road access to the area.
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