Trans Am Transportation

Trans Am Transportation

Trans Am Transportation

While many Alaskan sites and tours can be pricey, one attraction is totally free, as well as captivating. When you visit the Fairbanks area of interior Alaska, be sure to stop off and admire the above ground Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline (also know as the Alyeska Pipeline) connects northern Alaskan oil fields to a southern seaport where oil can be shipped to the lower 48 states for refining. Each year the Trans-Alaska Pipeline handles the flow for one-fifth of all U.S. oil production. It’s been described as one of the most innovating engineering achievements of modern times.

Also, one of the largest pipeline systems in the world, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline snakes it way through 800 miles of rugged Alaskan wilderness. It has a diameter of four feet and crosses three mountain ranges including Brooks Range, Alaska Range, and Chugach Range.