By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:46 EST, 6 February 2014 | UPDATED: 10:53 EST, 6 February 2014 Two weeks after cascades of snow prevented vehicles from getting into the city of Valdez, at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline, the only road into town has reopened. Crews finished clearing away the remaining avalanche debris, and there was no damage to Richardson Highway. A dozen or so avalanches combined to close the road on January 24, including two that completely covered the highway and about 10 that partially covered it. Open road: It's official - The 'Damalanche' is gone. The state Department of Transportation reopened Richardson Highway near Valdez on Wednesday morning after a series of monster avalanches blocked the city's only artery to the state road system for 12 days
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Richardson Highway in Alaska was completely blocked in two places
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Crews worked around the clock to clear about 54 tons of snow in five days
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One avalanche created a lake that blocked equipment from reaching fallen snow
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Snow was piled more than 40 feet high in places
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Homes near a 500 million gallon lake created by the ice dam were evacuated
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Supplies had to be airlifted into Valdez for town's 4,000 residents who were trapped since January 24
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Road now completely clear without any damage to people or the highway
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