ðɪ ᵻlˈɛvənmˈaɪllˈɔŋ ˈeɪtiːn kˌeɪˈɛm hˈaɪweɪ kənstɹˈʌkʃən pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt bɪɡˈæn wɪð ɐ lˈaɪn ʌv kˈɔːɹdɚɹˌɔɪ ɹˈoʊdz kəmpɹˈaɪzɪŋ wˈʌn hˈæf ʌvðə ɹˈoʊd, ænd wɛn lˈɔŋ ɡˈʌl pˈɑːnd wʌz ɹˈiːtʃt ɪnðə fˈɔːl ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈoːɹ, ðɪ ˈʌðɚ hˈæf wʌz kənstɹˈʌktᵻd.
The eleven-mile-long (18 km) highway construction project began with a line of corduroy roads comprising one half of the road, and when Long Gull Pond was reached in the fall of 1954, the other half was constructed.