Cars on the congested highway don't keep pace.
But her new album, "World Without Tears" (Lost Highway), doesn't spend enough time on the beauty.
"Highway Don't Care," a collaboration with Ms. Swift, has a glimmer of intensity, but just a glimmer.
Reëxamining the map, I noticed that the red of the highway did become a dotted line for a very short span at this spot.
"We kind of lost our identity now that the highway didn't go through town," said David Hingst, 58, the general manager of Hoegemeyer Hybrids, a local seed company.
The westbound lanes of the highway did not reopen until about 6 p.m., and the eastbound lanes would remain closed overnight, according to the Department of Transportation.
His springtime single "Highway Don't Care" features crossover-rock guitar solos from Keith Urban, gravelly wanderlust, and a hook from Taylor Swift.
Last week it sold 72,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making it the 20th most downloaded track of the week — behind Tim McGraw's "Highway Don't Care," which has been out for three months.
WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory — As a tourism destination, the Alaska (or Alcan) Highway does not have a lot to recommend it — and that is the biggest thing in its favor.
However, Mark Patterson, a department spokesman, said more extensive fencing is not needed because other areas of the highway do not pose serious crossing risks and more extensive fencing could hinder the work of emergency crews.
