Interstate 29 in North Dakota

Interstate 29
Route information
Maintained by NDDOT
Length:	217.54 mi (350.10 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-29 at South Dakota state line
	I-94 in Fargo
North end:	PTH 75 at Canada–US border near Pembina
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business North Dakota Highways ← ND 28 ND 30 →

Interstate 29 (I-29) in the U.S. state of North Dakota runs from the state's southern border with South Dakota near Hankinson to the Canada–United States border just north of Pembina. The highway shares two concurrencies with U.S. Route 81 (US 81). The first begins in Watertown, South Dakota and remains concurrent with I-29 across the state line to Manvel. The other is from exit 203 to the Canada–US border. The highway runs somewhat parallel to the Minnesota border to the east and passes through two major cities, Fargo and Grand Forks.

Route description

South Dakota to Fargo

Interstate 29 enters North Dakota, with a speed limit of 75 miles per hour, from South Dakota to the south, travelling in a north-northeasterly direction. The first exit in the state, exit 1, is to a county road built along the state line. This exit serves the Dakota Magic Casino and Hotel. Rural exits are somewhat common in North Dakota. There are exits with no major communities near them about every eight miles from the South Dakota border to Fargo. There is also one exit serving ND 11 to Hankinson and one exit serving ND 13 to Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Fargo

I-29 has a speed limit of 55 miles per hour throughout the eight exits in Fargo, including interchanges with I-94 and US 10. There is also an exit that serves Hector International Airport. Farther north, there is an exit that indirectly serves Fargo via a north/south county road that mainly serves Harwood.

Fargo to Grand Forks

North of Fargo, with a speed limit of 75 miles per hour, there are exits roughly every six miles until the route enters Hillsboro. Interstate 29 has one exit south of the city serving its municipal airport and one exit serving the city itself. About six miles north of Hillsboro, the highway shares an interchange with ND 200, a major thoroughfare across central North Dakota. There are three more exits between Hillsboro and Grand Forks, including one serving Thompson, the southernmost suburb of Grand Forks.

Grand Forks

The highway has a speed limit of 75 miles per hour, and just four exits serving Grand Forks. One of them serves US 2, which leads to Grand Forks International Airport.

Grand Forks to Canada

With a speed limit of 75 miles per hour, ten miles north of the city, I-29's first concurrency with US 81 ends in Manvel. The highway's next exit is ten miles north of Manvel at an interchange with ND 54, which indirectly serves Oslo, Minnesota about three miles east of the interstate. There are a couple more minor exits between the Oslo exit and Drayton. The highway has two exits in Drayton, one with ND 44 and one with ND 66. After several more exits in the open country serving minor county highways, Interstate 29 begins another concurrency with US 81 at an exit with ND 5. After one more exit serving a county road, the highways enter Pembina. In Pembina, Interstate 29 has its final exit in the United States at an interchange with ND 59 and ND 171. Three miles north of Pembina, Interstate 29 and U.S. Route 81 enter Manitoba, Canada and becomes Manitoba Highway 75. Highway 75 extends Interstate 29 north to Winnipeg.

History

Interstate 29 between Fargo, North Dakota and the Canada–US border was originally meant to be signed as Interstate 31. There was no highway originally planned between Fargo and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Plans for Interstate 29 were extended from Sioux Falls to Fargo in October 1957 and the entire highway from Kansas City, Missouri to the Canada–US border was signed as Interstate 29. The final stages of I-29 in North Dakota were completed in 1977.

Exit list

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Exit[1]	Destinations	Notes
Richland	Greendale Township	0.000	0.000		I-29 south	Continuation into South Dakota
		0.013	0.021	1	CR 1E
		2.074	3.338	2	CR 22
	Waldo Township	8.073	12.992	8	ND 11 – Hankinson, Fairmount
	Brandenburg Township	15.079	24.267	15	CR 16 – Great Bend, Mantador
	Mooreton Township	22.583	36.344	23	ND 13 – Wahpeton, Mooreton	Signed as exits 23A (east) and 23B (west) southbound
	Ibsen Township	26.030	41.891	26	Dwight
	Abercrombie Township	31.038	49.951	31	CR 8 – Galchutt
	Colfax Township	37.047	59.621	37	CR 4 – Colfax, Abercrombie
	Colfax–Walcott township line	42.117	67.781	42	CR 2 – Walcott
	Walcott Township	44.126	71.014	44	Christine
Richland–Cass county line	Walcott–Pleasant township line	48.182	77.541	48	ND 46 – Kindred
Cass	Pleasant Township	50.186	80.767	50	CR 18 – Hickson, Oxbow
	Pleasant–Stanley township line	54.167	87.173	54	CR 16 – Oxbow, Davenport
	Stanley Township	56.429	90.814	56	Wild Rice, Horace
	Fargo	60.252	96.966	60	52nd Avenue South
		62.249	100.180	62	32nd Avenue South
		63.267	101.818	63	I-94 – Bismarck, Minneapolis	Signed as exits 63A (east) and 63B (west); I-94 exits 349A-B
		64.252	103.404	64	38th Street Southwest, 13th Avenue South
		65.252	105.013	65	US 10 (Main Avenue) – Downtown Fargo, West Fargo
		66.255	106.627	66	12th Avenue North
		67.258	108.241	67	US 81 Bus. south (19th Avenue North) – Hector International Airport
		69.374	111.647	69	CR 20
	Harwood	72.778	117.125	72	Harwood
	Argusville	78.542	126.401	78	Argusville
	Gardner	85.826	138.124	86	Gardner
Cass–Traill county line	Grandin	92.142	148.288	92	Grandin
Traill	Hillsboro Township	100.391	161.564	100	ND 200 east / ND 200A west – Halstad, Blanchard	South end of ND 200 concurrency
	Hillsboro			104	CR 11 – Hillsboro
	Eldorado–Ervin township line	110.795	178.307	111	ND 200 west – Mayville, Cummings	North end of ND 200 concurrency
	Stavanger Township	117.987	189.882	118	Buxton
Traill–Grand Forks county line	Stavanger–Americus township line	123.001	197.951	123	Reynolds
Grand Forks	Walle Township	130.043	209.284	130	ND 15 to CR 81 – Thompson
	Grand Forks	138.146	222.324	138	US 81 Bus. north (32nd Avenue South)
		140.195	225.622	140	ND 297 east (DeMers Avenue) – Grand Forks City Center
		141.196	227.233	141	US 2 (Gateway Drive) – Grand Forks City Center, Grand Forks Int'l Airport, Grand Forks AFB
		144.711	232.890	145	US 81 Bus. south (North Washington Street)
	Manvel	152.211	244.960	152	US 81 north – Manvel, Gilby	North end of US 81 concurrency
	Turtle River Township	156.680	252.152	157	(no name)
Walsh	Walshville Township	160.927	258.987	161	ND 54 / CR 19 – Oslo, Ardoch
		163.699	263.448	164	(no name)
	Pulaski Township	167.722	269.922	168	Warsaw, Minto
		171.723	276.361	172	(no name)
	Acton Township	175.792	282.910	176	ND 17 – Grafton
	St. Andrews Township	179.876	289.482	180	CR 9
		184.038	296.180	184	Drayton
Pembina	Drayton	186.881	300.756	187	ND 66 – Drayton
	Drayton–Lincoln township line	190.955	307.312	191	CR 11 – St. Thomas
	Lincoln Township	192.960	310.539	193	(no name)
		196.014	315.454	196	CR 3
	Joliette Township	200.243	322.260	200	(no name)
		203.413	327.361	203	US 81 south / ND 5 – Hamilton, Cavalier	South end of US 81 concurrency
		208.473	335.505	208	CR 1 – Bathgate
	Pembina Township	212.717	342.335	212	(no name)
	Pembina	215.237	346.390	215	ND 59 / CR 55 – Neche, Pembina
	Pembina Township	217.54	350.10	Canadian border
Route continues in Manitoba as PTH 29 to PTH 75
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "Appendix III-09 C: Interchange Numbering on I-29" (PDF). North Dakota Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

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