Anton Anderson Tunnel

When the one-lane tunnel is open, the next opening each way, the last way home tonight, and the tolls.

Whittier has one road in and out: the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, a single lane shared with the railroad that closes every night. This page works out, from your clock, the next opening each way and the last way home tonight. It is the published schedule, not a live feed — trains and weather shift the times, so check the official status before you rely on it.

Times are your device’s clock against the published schedule.

This is the schedule — not a live feed

The times below are the published schedule worked out from your clock. A train or bad weather can delay or close the tunnel without notice — for the live status, check Alaska 511 live road conditions.

Operating hours

Season	Dates	Open
Summer hours	1 May – 30 September	5:30 am – 11:15 pm
Winter hours	1 October – 30 April	7:00 am – 10:45 pmGates are locked at 11:00 pm.

How the one lane works

The tunnel is one lane, shared with the Alaska Railroad, so traffic takes turns. Each hour, cars head toward Whittier in the :30–:45 window and toward Portage and Anchorage in the :00–:15 window. Aim to reach the staging area about 10 minutes before your opening, and allow 20–30 minutes to get all the way through.

Toward Whittier: around :30 past each hour
Toward Anchorage: around :00 past each hour

When it’s freezing: the tunnel opens only for the last 5 minutes of each window instead of the usual 15, so be at the staging area early.

Trains and weather come first

Trains come first. An unscheduled freight train can add 15 to 30 minutes, and the tunnel can close for weather or an avalanche with little warning — it closed twice in one week in March 2024. Once the gates are locked overnight, there is no other way out by land until morning.

Tunnel tolls

The toll is charged once per round trip, heading toward Whittier only. Cars and motorcycles are Class A. You can buy single tickets, books of 10 or 30, or a seasonal pass through the YODEL portal.


Class A	Cars and motorcycles	$13
Class B1	Car with trailer or larger RV	$22
Class B2	Boat-trailer rigs, buses 9–30, heavy trucks	$38
Class C	Buses over 30 passengers	$137
Class D	Heavy or wide trucks (permit)	$137
Class G	Government and school vehicles	$11

Pass or pay-per-trip?

A season pass ($605) pays for itself at 47 round trips, at $13 each.

Round trips you’d make in a season

Covers a Class A vehicle for the season. Tolls are charged one way only (heading into town), so each round trip is one toll.

Source: Alaska DOT&PF — tunnel tolls, checked 15 June 2026.

Live temperature by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).