Interstate 29 in North Dakota

This article is about the section of Interstate 29 in North Dakota. For the entire route, see Interstate 29.

Interstate 29 marker

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
  I94 in Fargo
North end: PTH 75 at Canadian border near Pembina
Highway system

North Dakota Highways

ND 28ND 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 Canadian 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 Canadian 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 Canadian 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 of 1957 and the entire highway from Kansas City, Missouri to the Canadian border was signed as Interstate 29. The final stages of I-29 in North Dakota were completed in 1977.

Exit list

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExit[1]DestinationsNotes
RichlandGreendale Township0.0000.000 I-29 southContinuation into South Dakota
0.0130.0211 CR 1E
2.0743.3382 CR 22
Waldo Township8.07312.9928 ND 11 Hankinson, Fairmount
Brandenburg Township15.07924.26715 CR 16 Great Bend, Mantador
Mooreton Township22.58336.34423 ND 13 Wahpeton, MooretonSigned as exits 23A (east) and 23B (west) southbound
Ibsen Township26.03041.89126Dwight
Abercrombie Township31.03849.95131 CR 8 Galchutt
Colfax Township37.04759.62137 CR 4 Colfax, Abercrombie
Colfax–Walcott
township line
42.11767.78142 CR 2 Walcott
Walcott Township44.12671.01444Christine
RichlandCass
county line
Walcott–Pleasant
township line
48.18277.54148 ND 46 Kindred
CassPleasant Township50.18680.76750 CR 18 Hickson, Oxbow
Pleasant–Stanley
township line
54.16787.17354 CR 16 Oxbow, Davenport
Stanley Township56.42990.81456Wild Rice, Horace
Fargo60.25296.9666052nd Avenue South
62.249100.1806232nd Avenue South
63.267101.81863 I94 Bismarck, MinneapolisSigned as exits 63A (east) and 63B (west); I-94 exits 349A-B
64.252103.4046438th Street Southwest, 13th Avenue South
65.252105.01365 US 10 (Main Avenue) Downtown Fargo, West Fargo
66.255106.6276612th Avenue North
67.258108.24167
US 81 Bus. south (19th Avenue North) Hector International Airport
69.374111.64769 CR 20
Harwood72.778117.12572Harwood
Argusville78.542126.40178Argusville
Gardner85.826138.12486Gardner
CassTraill
county line
Grandin92.142148.28892Grandin
TraillHillsboro Township100.391161.564100
ND 200 east / ND 200A west – Halstad, Blanchard
South end of ND 200 concurrency
Hillsboro104 CR 11 Hillsboro
Eldorado–Ervin
township line
110.795178.307111 ND 200 west Mayville, CummingsNorth end of ND 200 concurrency
Stavanger Township117.987189.882118Buxton
TraillGrand Forks
county line
Stavanger–Americus
township line
123.001197.951123Reynolds
Grand ForksWalle Township130.043209.284130 ND 15 to CR 81 Thompson
Grand Forks138.146222.324138
US 81 Bus. north (32nd Avenue South)
140.195225.622140 ND 297 east (DeMers Avenue) Grand Forks City Center
141.196227.233141 US 2 (Gateway Drive) Grand Forks City Center, Grand Forks Int'l Airport, Grand Forks AFB
144.711232.890145
US 81 Bus. south (North Washington Street)
Manvel152.211244.960152 US 81 north Manvel, GilbyNorth end of US 81 concurrency
Turtle River Township156.680252.152157(no name)
WalshWalshville Township160.927258.987161 ND 54 / CR 19 Oslo, Ardoch
163.699263.448164(no name)
Pulaski Township167.722269.922168Warsaw, Minto
171.723276.361172(no name)
Acton Township175.792282.910176 ND 17 Grafton
St. Andrews Township179.876289.482180 CR 9
184.038296.180184Drayton
PembinaDrayton186.881300.756187 ND 66 Drayton
Drayton–Lincoln
township line
190.955307.312191 CR 11 St. Thomas
Lincoln Township192.960310.539193(no name)
196.014315.454196 CR 3
Joliette Township200.243322.260200(no name)
203.413327.361203 US 81 south / ND 5 Hamilton, CavalierSouth end of US 81 concurrency
208.473335.505208 CR 1 Bathgate
Pembina Township212.717342.335212(no name)
Pembina215.237346.390215 ND 59 / CR 55 Neche, Pembina
Pembina Township217.54350.10Canadian border
Route continues in Manitoba as PTH 29 to PTH 75
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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Interstate 29
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