Officials inspect completed Zimovia Highway

Apart from a few minor road sign adjustments, the Zimovia Highway renovation is completed, according to state transportation officials.

Officials from the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities drove the 13.4-mile stretch of highway Friday as part of the final inspection, during which the contractor presents the nearly completed results to the state. The $9.9-million project primarily entailed resurfacing Zimovia Highway from near the Wrangell Public Safety building to the very end, and replacing 30 of the hundreds of culverts along the highway’s edge.

“To me, the final inspec...