Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway

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The Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway is an all-weather road in Canada’s Northwest Territories that connects the Arctic Ocean community of Tuktoyaktuk with the town of Inuvik, providing the first year-round highway access to the Arctic coast.

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Label Occurrences
Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highway ⓘ
road ⓘ
abbreviation ITH ⓘ
builtBy Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
climateZone Arctic tundra ⓘ
connectsCommunity Inuvik ⓘ
Tuktoyaktuk ⓘ
connectsTo Arctic Ocean coast ⓘ
Inuvik ⓘ
Tuktoyaktuk ⓘ
constructionChallenges continuous permafrost ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
constructionMethod gravel embankment built above permafrost ⓘ
constructionStart 2014 ⓘ
cost approximately 300 million Canadian dollars ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
fundedBy Government of Canada ⓘ
Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
hasAccess year-round access to Arctic coast ⓘ
hasLaneCount two-lane road ⓘ
hasSignificance first year-round road connection to Arctic Ocean in Canada ⓘ
replaced seasonal ice road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk ⓘ
length approximately 138 kilometres ⓘ
approximately 86 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic region of Canada ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
maintainedBy Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Beaufort Sea ⓘ
officialLanguageName Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway ⓘ
opened 2017 ⓘ
openingDate 2017-11-15 ⓘ
opensTo Arctic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Dempster Highway system ⓘ
linked to: Dempster Highway
passesThrough Mackenzie River Delta ⓘ
permafrost terrain ⓘ
regionServed Inuvialuit Settlement Region ⓘ
roadType all-weather road ⓘ
routeNumber Northwest Territories Highway 10 ⓘ
seasonalCondition subject to extreme winter conditions ⓘ
subject to thaw-related maintenance issues ⓘ
surfaceType gravel ⓘ
terminusA Inuvik ⓘ
terminusB Tuktoyaktuk ⓘ
usedFor freight transport ⓘ
passenger travel ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuktoyaktuk → hasTransportConnection → Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway ⓘ
Inuvik → connectedByRoad → Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway ⓘ
Inuvik Region → hasTransportationInfrastructure → Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway ⓘ
Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway → officialLanguageName → Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway ⓘ