50th anniversary of the alaska highway

50th anniversary of the alaska highway Sec. 348. (a) (1) Since 1992 marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Alaska Highway, the first and only road link between Alaska and the contiguous United States; (2) Since the construction of the Alaska Highway across Canada was an enormous feat of engineering, accomplished in less than a year; (3) Since the Alaska Highway played a key part in the progression of Alaska from a territory to a State; (4) Since Project 92, the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway in 1992, is to be a major international event involving the United States, Alaska and Canada; and (5) Since Project 92 is designed to recognize the historical significance and heritage of the Alaska Highway and its contribution to the development of Alaska and Canada: Now, therefore, be it (b) Declared that it is the sense of the Senate that the U.S. Department of Transportation should join with the State of Alaska and the Great Alaska Highways Society in planning the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway as well as appropriate improvements of the Highway.