U.S. Route 81 in North Dakota
 U.S. Highway 81 | ||||
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 US 81 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDDOT | ||||
| Length | 247.457 mi[1] (398.243 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   I-29 / US 81 at the South Dakota state line | |||
| North end | I-29 /  PTH 75 at Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing near Pembina | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Dakota | |||
| Counties | Richland, Cass, Traill, Grand Forks, Walsh, Pembina | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 81 (US 81) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Fort Worth, Texas, to the Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing near Pembina. In the state of North Dakota, US 81 extends from the South Dakota border north to the Canada-United States border.
Route description
U.S. 81 enters North Dakota concurrently with Interstate 29 (I-29). It heads north from the South Dakota border, passing through Fargo, to the north side of Grand Forks. There it splits off to the northwest, passing through the city of Manvel. It parallels I-29, passing by the town of Grafton before joining North Dakota Highway 5 (ND 5) near Cavalier. It rejoins I-29 and continues to the US–Canada border at Pembina. The original route of US 81 survives as ND 127 and 'County Road 81' in Richland, Cass, Traill, and Grand Forks counties.
Major intersections
Exit numbers are I-29 exit numbers.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit[1] | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Richland | Greendale Township | 0.000 | 0.000 |   I-29 south / US 81 south – Sioux Falls | Continuation into South Dakota | ||
| See I-29 (exits 1-145) | |||||||
| Grand Forks | Manvel | 152.211 | 244.960 | 152 |    I-29 north / CR 33 east – Winnipeg | North end of I-29 concurrency; south end of CR 33 concurrency | |
| 152.522 | 245.460 |  CR 33 west – Manvel | North end of CR 33 concurrency; formerly ND 33 | ||||
| Walsh | Grafton | 190.775 | 307.023 |   ND 17 east – I-29 | South end of ND 17 concurrency | ||
| 190.993 | 307.373 |  ND 17 west – Park River | North end of ND 17 concurrency | ||||
| Pembina | St. Thomas Township | 202.271 | 325.524 |  ND 66 east – Drayton | South end of ND 66 concurrency | ||
| St. Thomas | 204.273 | 328.746 | ND 66 west – Crystal | North end of ND 66 concurrency | |||
| 204.729 | 329.479 |   ND 91 north | Southern terminus of ND 91 | ||||
| 206.414 | 332.191 | ND 91 south | Northern terminus of ND 91 | ||||
| Hamilton | 218.530 | 351.690 |  ND 5 west – Cavalier | South end of ND 5 concurrency | |||
| Joliette Township | 228.353 | 367.499 | 203 | I-29 south / ND 5 east – Grand Forks | South end of I-29 concurrency, north end of ND 5 concurrency | ||
| 233.413 | 375.642 | 208 |  CR 1 – Bathgate | ||||
| Pembina Township | 242.657 | 390.519 | 212 | No name exit | |||
| Pembina | 245.177 | 394.574 | 215 |   ND 59 / CR 55 – Neche, Pembina | |||
| Pembina Township | 247.457 | 398.243 | Canadian border at the Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing | ||||
| PTH 75 north – Winnipeg | National northern terminus of I-29 and US 81; formerly PTH 29; continuation into Manitoba | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c North Dakota Department of Transportation. "Appendix III-09 C: Interchange Numbering on I-29" (PDF). Design Manual. Bismarck: North Dakota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 17, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2008.
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