U.S. Route 81 in North Dakota
Segment of American highway
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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.
I-29 / US 81 at the South Dakota state line near Hankinson
PTH 75 at the Canadian border in Pembina 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 near Hankinson | |||
| North end | PTH 75 at the Canadian border in Pembina | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Dakota | |||
| Counties | Richland, Cass, Traill, Grand Forks, Walsh, Pembina | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
U.S. 81 enters North Dakota concurrently with Interstate 29 (I-29). It heads north from the South Dakota border, passing near Hankinson and a junction with ND 11 and junctions ND 13 about ten miles west of the city of Wahpeton, and then heads north towards Fargo, where it has a business route US 81 Bus. from exit 60 to exit 67. In Fargo, it passes near West Acres Mall, Hector International Airport and North Dakota State University. Then it passes Hillsboro and a junction with ND 200 and heads north to Thompson, to the north and west sides of the city of Grand Forks, where it has another business route from exit 138 to exit 145, past Alerus Center, Columbia Mall, and the University of North Dakota. There it splits off from I-29 and heads to the northwest, passing through the city of Manvel. It parallels I-29 about 10 miles west, passing by the towns of Minto, Grafton, and St. Thomas, before joining ND 5 in Hamilton, 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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