Projected Alignment: Fargo to Canadian border at Pembina

History and Notes: The original designation for what is now I-29 in this area, assigned August 14, 1957. On October 18 of that year, the Bureau of Public Roads recommended an interstate linking Fargo with Sioux Falls, SD, where I-29 was originally designated to begin. North Dakota officials recommended changing the I-31 designation to I-29 for the entire route; this was approved on February 20, 1958.

Alignment:
Segment 1: Stanton to New Salem (I-94)
Segment 2: ND-21 north of Raleigh to South Dakota border (SD-65) north of McIntosh, SD

Distance: Alignment 1: 40 miles. Alignment 2: 30 miles.

Intersecting Interstates: I-94 at New Salem

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ALT ND-200 for 2 miles southwest of Stanton

History and Notes: Route in place by 1939, although the Texaco Touring Map of that year shows the two segments connnected by an "unimproved" road. The missing segment between New Salem and Raleigh disappeared from maps sometime between 1950 and 1963.

Attractions Along the Way: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site (Stanton)

Alignment: Manitoba border (MB-32) north of Walhalla to South Dakota border (SD-27) near Havana

Distance: 227 miles

Intersecting Interstates: I-94 at Oriska

Port of Entry: North of Walhalla (8am-midnight)

Multi-Lane Segments: Petersburg to Niagara (co-sign with US-2)

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-5 for 3 miles west of Akra; with ND-66 for 2 miles between Mountain and Edinburg; with US-2 from Niagara to Petersburg; with ND-200 for 5 miles south from Finley; with ND-46 for 6 miles along the Barnes/Ransom County line; with ND-13 for 1 mile east from Gwinner; with ND-11 for 2 miles south from Forman

History and Notes: Pre-1940 alignment stopped at US-10 (current I-94), with the southern leg known as ND-9. The ND-32 designation was applied on the southern segment by 1950.

Attractions Along the Way: Gingras Trading Post State Historic Site (Walhalla); Walhalla State Historical Site (Walhalla); Red River Oxcart Trail (west of Park River)

Alignment: West of Gilby to Manvel

History and Notes: Designated by 1939, but decommissioned before 1965. Currently, this is Grand Forks CR 33.

Alignment: Hazelton (US-83) to ND-56 south of Gackle

Distance: 57 miles

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-30 for 1 mile, east of Napoleon

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

Alignment: ND-17 near Adams to Michigan (US-2)

Distance: 27 miles

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

Alignment: Wilton (US-83) to Pingree (US-52/US-281)

Distance: 91 miles

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

Alignment: Parshall (ND-23) to US-83 east of Garrison

Distance: 62 miles

Lewis and Clark Trail: Parshall to west of Raub; Emmet to east of Garrison

History and Notes: North-south segment south of Parshall was originally (pre-1940) part of ND-8. ND-8 was split into two segments with the creation of Garrison Dam Reservoir (now known as Lake Sakakawea). When this was done in the 1950's, this particular segment was made part of a ND-37 extension.

Attractions Along the Way: Paul Broste Rock Museum (Parshall); Fort Stephenson State Park (3 miles south of Garrison)

Alignment: ND-32 west of Hope to I-94/US-52 south of Buffalo

Distance: 36 miles

History and Notes: Designated by 1939.

Alignment: Canadian border north of Antler to US-83 east of Mohall

History and Notes: Designated by 1939, decommissioned between 1950 and 1973, then renumbered as ND-256 by 1975.

Alignment:
Segment 1: Saskatchewan border (SK-47) north of Noonan to Noonan (ND-5)
Segment 2: ND-50 near McGregor to US-2 south of Tioga

Distance: Segment 1: 7 miles. Segment 2: 18 miles

Port of Entry: North of Noonan (9am-10pm)

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939. The two segments were originally connected by an alignment extending south of ND-5 from Columbus, to Battleview (ND-50). This segment was removed between 1965 and 1975.

Alignment: US-2 east of Norwich to Wilton (US-83)

Distance: 86 miles

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-200 from 2 miles south of Turtle Lake to Mercer

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

Alignment: Saskatchewan border (SK-350) north of Ambrose to ND-50 near Corinth

Distance: 37 miles

Port of Entry: Ambrose (9am-10pm)

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-5 from 3 miles south of Ambrose to Crosby

History and Notes: The original north segment of ND-42 went due north from Crosby to the Canadian border. The realigment to its present routing took place between 1965 and 1975.

Alignment: ND-14 north of Carbury to US-281/ND-3 near the International Peace Garden

Distance: 24 miles

History and Notes: Original routing continued east to Hansboro, at the intersection of the old US-281 (current ND-4). This was changed between 1965 and 1975.

Attractions Along the Way: Bottineau Winter Park (north of Bottineau); International Peace Garden (Canadian border north of Dunseith); Lake Metigoshe State Park (19 miles northeast of Bottineau)

Alignment: Drayton (ND-66) to I-29 south of Drayton

Distance: 3 miles

Intersecting Interstates: I-29 south of Drayton

History and Notes: In a previous life, ND-44 was much longer. ND-44 basically followed the current routing of I-29 from Joliette to just north of Grand Forks (this is the area where US-81 diverts northwest from I-29, then comes back about 15 miles south of the Canadian border).

North Dakota native Ryan Fischer provided me with the following information:

ND-44: "Old 44" in N.D. parlance. This road has a very interesting history. First of all, it runs through my birthplace, Drayton, N.D. Second of all, while it was the most direct route from Grand Forks to the Canadian border, it remained unpaved until the 1950s. Grafton, the larger community ten miles to the west of 44, got the U.S. route, the paved road--in short, the bulk of the attention.

As you note, 44 was much longer at one time. However, much of 44's former route is traveled to this day by anyone who takes I-29. Until very recently, the stretches of Old 44 were very visible on I-29 itself. 44 was at a grade lower than Interstate specifications, and so when you approached these sections on I-29 (southbound lanes around the Walsh County-Grand Forks County line, northbound lanes from south of the Grafton exit up to the Drayton exit), you actually descended onto Old 44's surface. During the flood of '79, I remember that the northbound lanes around Grafton were flooded, while the southbound ones weren't.

As 44 was paved only shortly before the Interstate Highway System was proposed, I suppose it was thought that 44 contained many stretches of perfectly usable surface (concrete, no less!), and that lanes for opposing traffic could be simply added alongside the existing road. Progress struck an unfortunate blow to the historic stretches of 44 when a major construction project brought all of I-29 up to Interstate standards. Progress aside, I still loved the goofiness and asymmetry of those stretches of I-29 which used portions of Old 44.

Alignment: ND-32 west of Sharon to Cooperstown (ND-200)

Distance: 18 miles

History and Notes: Designated by 1939.

Alignment: ND-30 near Streeter to I-29 near Hickson

Distance: 121 miles

Intersecting Interstates: I-29 near Hickson

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-32 for 6 miles along the Barnes/Ransom County line; with ND-18 for 5 miles along the Cass/Richland County line

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

Attractions Along the Way: Clausen Springs (Hastings); Little Yellowstone Park (south of Kathryn); Standing Rock State Historic Site (southeast of Kathryn); Fort Ransom (Ft. Ransom); Maple Creek Crossing State Historic Site (north of Leonard)

Alignment: Burnstad to ND-30 east of Burnstad

History and Notes: Designated before 1940. Decommissioned by 1955.

Alignment:
Segment 1: Coleharbor (US-83) to ND-200 east of Riverdale
Segment 2: ALT ND-200 west of Ft. Clark to Center (ND-25)

Distance: Segment 1: 2 miles. Segment 2: 9 miles.

Lewis and Clark Trail: ALT ND-200 to Center

History and Notes: Designated by 1975.

Attractions Along the Way: Fort Clark (Ft. Clark)

Alignment: ND-200 near Beulah to South Dakota border (SD-73) at Thunder Hawk, SD

Distance: 105 miles

Intersecting Interstates: I-94 northeast of Glen Ullin

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-21 from New Leipzig to Elgin

History and Notes: Designated by 1939.

Alignment: Montana border (MT-258) west of Grenora to US-52 near Coulee

Distance: 103 miles

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-8 for 1 mile near the Burke/Mountrail County line

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

Alignment: Saskatchewan border (SK-39) at Portal to Minnesota border (US-52) at Fargo

Distance: 360 miles

Intersecting Interstates: I-94 at Jamestown

NHS: Canadian border to Carrington; Jamestown to Minnesota border

Freeway: Jamestown to Minnesota border (shared alignment with I-94)

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-5 from near Lignite to north of Kenmare; with US-2 from east of Berthold to southeast of Minot; with ND-14 from 5 miles west of Drake to Anamoose; with ND-200 from 5 miles east of Bowdon to Carrington; with US-281 from Carrington to Jamestown; with I-94 from Jamestown to the Minnesota border

Port of Entry: Portal (24 hours)

Spurs and Alternates: Business US-52 in Minot and Harvey; Truck Bypass 52 in Jamestown

Multi-Lane Segments: Foxholm to Minot (co-sign with US-2); Buchanan to Jamestown (co-sign with US-281)

History and Notes: This segment of US-52 was not part of the original US highway system. It began its life as a segment of ND-9, with the eastern leg designated as US-10. The US-52 designation was applied around 1935.

A truck bypass for the US-52/281 alignment in Jamestown opened in October 2003. According to the NDDOT press release, "the new bypass begins at the Woodbury interchange and proceeds north for two miles, then northeast for the remaining 1.5 miles, connecting with U.S. 52/281 about half a mile north of the city. It features 3.5 miles of new roadway, with new bridges over the BNSF rail line, the Red River & Western rail line, and Pipestem Creek."

Attractions Along the Way: State Fairgrounds (Minot); Fort Seward (Jamestown); Frontier Village and National Buffalo Museum (Jamestown); North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame (Jamestown); Bonanzaville USA (Fargo); Roger Maris Baseball Museum (Fargo); Plains Art Museum (Fargo)

Follow US-52 Across: Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

Alignment: ND-28 south of Ryder to US-52 southeast of Balfour

Distance: 58 miles

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-41 for 1 mile south from Ruso

Multi-Lane Segments: Max to 3 miles north of Max (co-sign with US-83)

History and Notes: The original (pre-1940) alignment of ND-53 was from US-83 at South Prairie (12 miles south of Minot) due west to the intersection with ND-28. The current alignment was created after 1950, but before 1957.

Alignment: I-29 west of Oslo, MN to Minnesota border (MN-1) at Oslo, MN

Distance: 2 miles

Intersecting Interstates: I-29 west of Oslo, MN

History and Notes: ND-54 originally extended west to US-81 at Ardoch. Alignment was truncated to ND-44 by 1963 (presumably in preparation for I-29). The segment west of I-29 is now part of Grand Forks CR 19.

Alignment: Walhalla to Pembina

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939, but decommissioned by 1950. Currently, this is Pembina CR 55.

Alignment: Gackle (ND-46) to ND-11 east of Ashley

Distance: 50 miles

Multiplexing: Shared alignment with ND-13 from near Fredonia to Kulm

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

Attractions Along the Way: Whitestone Hill Battlefield (18 miles southeast of Kulm)

Alignment: ND-20 at Camp Grafton to US-281 west of Ft. Totten

Distance: 8 miles

NHS: Entire length

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

Attractions Along the Way: Fort Totten (Ft. Totten)

Alignment: Montana border (ND-200) near Fairview, MT to ND-1804 near Buford

Distance: 9 miles

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.

ND-58 is part of the old Black Trail, which mainly ran through Montana. It entered North Dakota on the road from Nohly, MT, then re-entered Montana via ND-200 at Fairview, MT.

Attractions Along the Way: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (Ft. Union); Fort Buford (Buford)

Alignment: Pembina to Minnesota border east of Pembina

History and Notes: US-59 originally crossed into North Dakota at Pembina. It was realigned in the early 1950's and entered Manitoba north of Lancaster, MN. This is now ND-59.

Alignment: Pembina (I-29) to Minnesota border (MN-171) east of Pembina

Distance: 1 mile

History and Notes: Designation based on the previous route number, US-59. US-59 originally crossed into North Dakota at Pembina. It was realigned in the early 1950's and entered Manitoba north of Lancaster, MN.

Attractions Along the Way: Pembina State Museum (Pembina)

Alignment: ND-5 east of Bottineau to ND-3 east of Barton

Distance: 30 miles

History and Notes: Designation in place by 1939.