Nome–Teller Highway

Bob Blodgett Nome–Teller Memorial Highway
Nome–Teller Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Alaska DOT&PF
Length	72 mi (116 km)
Major junctions
From	Nome
To	Teller
Location
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Highway system
Alaska Routes Interstate Scenic Byways

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]

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.

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The entire route is in Unorganized Borough.

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