Later history of the area can be found in the entry for Delta Junction.
Technically, Delta Junction is the end of the highway, since the final 98 miles existed before it was built.
It was still some 225 miles to Delta Junction - a distance we covered in under four hours.
The pavement was now good again and Fairbanks lay less than 100 miles beyond Delta Junction.
He also championed a program which opened large amounts of state-owned lands near Delta Junction for agricultural use.
In 1978 he took over 2,300 acres near Delta Junction, south of Fairbanks.
The place where the highways met became known as Delta Junction.
Delta Junction was incorporated as a municipality in 1960.
Many travelers used the new highway, bypassing Delta Junction.
These events caused a decline in the economy of Delta Junction.