A slowdown on the Seward Highway this week

Drivers on the Seward Highway south of Anchorage should expect a slowdown this week: a 45 mph limit is in effect between mileposts 14 and 16 for roadside cleanup, daytime hours through July 15.

The stretch is worth slowing down for beyond the crews. It sits inside the Seward Highway's designated Safety Corridor — a label the road has carried since 2006 because of its record of serious and fatal crashes — and it's near a separate project to replace a railroad crossing with a bridge. Anyone heading to or from the Kenai Peninsula will hit the reduced speed during the day; it lifts overnight, with the work wrapping July 16.