U.S. Route 2 in North Dakota

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This article is about the section of highway in North Dakota. For the entire length of highway, see U.S. Route 2.

U.S. Route 2 marker

U.S. Route 2
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US 2 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDDOT
Length: 358.090 mi[1] (576.290 km)
Existed: 1926 – present
Major junctions
West end: US 2 at the Montana state line
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East end: US 2 at the Minnesota state line
Location
Counties: Williams, Mountrail, Ward, McHenry, Pierce, Benson, Ramsey, Nelson, Grand Forks
Highway system

North Dakota Highways

← ND 1 ND 3 →

U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is a United States Numbered Highway in North Dakota, which runs from the Montana state line east to the Red River at Grand Forks. The route connects the cities of Williston, Minot, and Grand Forks. Of the 358 miles (576 km) of US 2 in North Dakota, all but the westernmost 12 miles (19 km) have four lanes.

Route description

US 2/US 85 concurrency near Williston

US 2 is an east–west highway that runs through North Dakota’s northern tier of larger cities: Williston, Minot, Devils Lake, and Grand Forks. These cities are about 75 to 100 miles (121 to 161 km) north of North Dakota’s southern tier of larger cities located on Interstate 94 (I-94): Dickinson, Bismarck–Mandan, Jamestown, and Fargo–West Fargo. Each city (or pair) in each tier is separated by about 75 to 125 miles (121 to 201 km).

US 2 intersects with two north–south four-lane highways in North Dakota: US 83[2] at Minot and I-29 at Grand Forks. In addition, it junctions with four other U.S. Highways that, except for shorter stretches that are four-laned, are mostly two-lane highways in North Dakota: US 85 at Williston (which is in the process of being converted into an undivided four-lane south of Williston), US 52 at Minot, US 281 at Churchs Ferry (west of Devils Lake), and US 81 at Grand Forks. All six of these highways provide routes either to the border at Mexico or deep into the southern USA.

Between Williston and Minot, US 2 provides several high points where one can view graceful and beautiful landscape for many miles in all directions. Between Minot and Grand Forks, US 2 provides an ever-changing mix of agricultural farm and pasture land, native wetlands, and small lakes set on a gently rolling landscape. US 2 also passes near a large lake named Devils Lake near the city with the same name. Throughout the state, the route generally travels east and west following the northern BNSF railroad route which is also used by Amtrak. The US 2 route through North Dakota was originally named the Wonderland Trail or the Teddy Roosevelt Trail.

In Rugby, just east of the route's intersection with North Dakota Highway 3 (ND 3), the highway passes the location designated in 1931 as the geographical center of North America. The monument marking the geographic center had to be relocated in 1971 when US 2 was converted from two lanes to four lanes.[3]

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. North Dakota has been converting sections of US 2 from two lanes to four lanes for many years. The section from Grand Forks to Minot was completed in 1996. The section from Minot to Williston was completed in the summer of 2008 in a campaign that began a few years ago and was labeled "Across the State in Two Thousand Eight". Actually, US 2 is four-laned from North Dakota’s eastern edge to just past Williston, a stretch of about 343 miles (552 km), leaving the remaining 12 miles (19 km) to the Montana border as a two-lane highway. North Dakota's governor has said that North Dakota will four-lane the remaining stretch if Montana is willing to continue the four-lane project from the border into their state.

Major intersections

County Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes
Williams ​ 0.000 0.000 US 2 west (Theodore Roosevelt Expressway) – Wolf Point, Glasgow Continuation into Montana
12.449 20.035 ND 1804 west – Trenton, Fairview West end of ND 1804 concurrency
14.919 24.010 US 85 – Watford City Williston Bypass; east end of Theodore Roosevelt Expressway
Williston 17.923 28.844
US 2 Bus. east / ND 1804 east (2nd Street W)		 East end of ND 1804 concurrency; former US 85 Bus.
20.383 32.803
US 2 Bus. west (2nd Avenue W)		 Eastern terminus of US 2 Bus., former US 85 Bus.
25.674 41.318 US 85 south / US 85B south – Epping Springbrook Dam, Springbrook Williston Bypass; west end of US 85 concurrency, northern terminus of US 85B
​ 32.441 52.209 US 85 north – Fortuna East end of US 85 concurrency
64.207 103.331 ND 40 north – Tioga Southern terminus of ND 40
Mountrail Stanley 90.664 145.910 ND 8 – Bowbells, New Town
Ward Berthold 123.407 198.604 ND 28 north – Carpio Southern terminus of ND 28
​ 134.397 216.291 US 52 west – Kenmare, Portal West end of US 52 concurrency
Minot 143.882 231.556 Invalid type: US-Byp north – Air Base North end of US 83 Byp. concurrency
144.326 232.270
US 2 Bus. east / US 52 Bus. east (W Burdick Expressway)		 Western terminus of US 2 Bus. and US 52 Bus.
146.366 235.553 US 83 (S Broadway Street) – Air Base, Bismarck South end of US 83 Byp. concurrency
148.753 239.395
US 52 east / US 52 Bus. west (Valley Street) – Jamestown		 East end of US 52 concurrency, eastern terminus of US 52 Bus.
150.841 242.755
US 2 Bus. west (E Burdick Expressway) – Minot		 Eastern terminus of US 2 Bus.
McHenry ​ 164.236 264.312 ND 41 south – Velva Northern terminus of ND 41
188.118 302.747 ND 14 south – Drake West end of ND 14 concurrency
Towner 191.834 308.727 ND 14 north (Main Street) – Upham East end of ND 14 concurrency
Pierce Rugby 210.880 339.378 ND 3 (3rd Avenue SW) – Dunseith, Harvey
Benson ​ 233.427 375.664 ND 30 south – Harlow, Maddock Northern terminus of ND 30
245.703 395.421 US 281 south – Minnewaukan West end of US 281 concurrency
248.758 400.337 US 281 north – Cando East end of US 281 concurrency
Ramsey Churchs Ferry 249.961 402.273
US 281 Bus. north (66th Avenue NE) – Churchs Ferry		 Southern terminus of US 281 Bus.
Devils Lake 268.630 432.318 ND 19 (4th Street NW) – Business District, Minnewaukan
269.354 433.483 ND 20 (College Drive N) – Starkweather, Camp Grafton, Fort Totten
Nelson Lakota 295.468 475.510 ND 1 (6th Street E) – Langdon, Pekin
Michigan 305.622 491.851 ND 35 north – Michigan, Whitman Southern terminus of ND 35
Petersburg 312.050 502.196 ND 32 south – Aneta West end of ND 32 concurrency
Grand Forks Niagara 317.512 510.986 ND 32 north – Edinburg East end of ND 32 concurrency
​ 330.520 531.920 ND 18 – Larimore, Cavalier
Grand Forks 355.479 572.088 I-29 / US 81 – Fargo, Winnipeg Exit 141 on I-29
357.460 575.276
US 81 Bus. (N Washington Street) – Grafton
357.539 575.403
US 2 Bus. east (N 5th Street)		 Western terminus of US 2 Bus.
Red River of the North 358.090 576.290 North Dakota–Minnesota state line
US 2 east – East Grand Forks, Crookston Continuation into Minnesota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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External links

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