State closes Engineers Cutoff Road in Juneau for the winter, with reopening planned April 1

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities has closed Engineers Cutoff Road in Juneau in both directions near Dock Street for the winter, according to the Alaska 511 closure listing. The listing shows a planned reopening April 1, 2027, at 8:30 am.

All lanes are closed. The listing files the closure under a snow advisory and says both lanes are closed for winter. It names no detour.

The closure took effect Nov. 9 at 8:29 am, according to the listing. The state last updated it at 8:40 am Friday.

In an Oct. 29 Facebook post, the department said the road would close for the winter from Mendenhall Peninsula Road to Fritz Cove Road starting Nov. 2. That is seven days earlier than the start date the Alaska 511 listing shows.

Other roads have also closed for the season this fall. Juneau planned to close five downtown and Douglas streets to vehicles for the winter starting Oct. 30, with no reopening date set at the time. In Hatcher Pass, the state closed Archangel Road to vehicles for the winter on Oct. 20.

DOT&PF policy generally defines winter as Oct. 1 through April 30 and names Alaska 511 as the public source for road closures. The department directs drivers to 511.alaska.gov for current road conditions.