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The Steese Highway is a Highway in the Alaska Interior that extends 162 miles (261 km) from Fairbanks to Circle , a town on the Yukon River about 50 miles (80 km) south of the Arctic Circle . The highway was completed in 1927 and is named for U.S. Army General James G. Steese , a former president of the Alaska Road Commission. It is paved for the first 44 miles (71 km), and gravel for the remainder. The highway and surrounding region has a long association with Gold Mining . It was built to service the Circle Mining District , which was very productive in the 1890s, before the discovery of gold in the Klondike . Both historic sites, such as Felix Pedro 's 1902 gold discovery which resulted in the founding of Fairbanks, and the preserved gold camp at Chatanika , and active Dredging operations line the road. The Steese Highway is numbered Alaska Route 6 for most of its length, except for the first 11 miles (17 km) from Fairbanks to Fox , which are numbered Alaska Route 2 . TOWNS AND PLACES ALONG THE STEESE HIGHWAY
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