Nome–Teller Highway

The Bob Blodgett Nome–Teller Memorial Highway, also known as the Nome–Teller Highway and generally referred to as simply the Teller Highway, is a well-maintained gravel road in the U.S. state of Alaska. It runs 72 miles northwest from Nome to the Inupiat village of Teller, located at the base of the sand spit that divides Port Clarence from Grantley Harbor.[1][2]

Bob Blodgett Nome–Teller
Memorial Highway

Nome–Teller Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Alaska DOT&PF
Length72 mi (116 km)
Major junctions
FromNome
ToTeller
Location
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Highway system

Traversing rolling upland tundra meadows with many creek and river crossings, the road skirts the western flank of the rugged, glacier-carved Kigluaik Mountains. The road leads through some of the country's earliest gold mining areas and ends at the only native village on the summer road system.

The road was named in honor of Robert R. "Bob" Blodgett, a Teller businessman and politician. Nicknamed "The Heller from Teller" in the halls of the state capitol, Blodgett served as a Democratic member of the state house and senate during Alaska's early years as a state.

Junctions

The entire route is in Unorganized Borough.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Nome0.00.0Front Street to Nome–Council HighwaySouthern terminus
Teller72116Front StreetNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. "Nome Teller Highway - Images | AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com". alaskaphotographics.photoshelter.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. "Nome-Teller Road" (PDF). dot.alaska.gov. Government of Alaska. 2023-06-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-08.
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