U.S. Route 83 in North Dakota

U.S. Route 83 (US 83) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from the Mexico–United States border in Brownsville, Texas, to the Canada–United States border near Westhope, North Dakota.[1] In the state of North Dakota, US 83 extends from the South Dakota border north to the Canada-United States border.

U.S. Highway 83
US 83 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDDOT
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
South end	US 83 south of Hague
	I-94 west of Bismarck and in Bismarck ND 200 in Underwood and northwest of Underwood US 2 / US 52 in Minot
North end	PTH 83 north of Westhope
Location
Counties	Emmons, Burleigh, McLean, Ward, Renville, Bottineau
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided North Dakota State Highways Interstate U.S. State ← US 81 → US 85

Route description

US 83 enters North Dakota at the South Dakota state line, near the town of Hague, and runs northward for approximately 68 miles (109 km), serving the small cities of Strasburg and Linton before reaching Interstate 94 (I-94). It follows I-94 west to Bismarck, where it resumes a generally northward course as a four-lane highway.

Headed toward Minot US 83 traverses mostly agricultural land, passing through some small cities such as Wilton, Washburn and Underwood north to Max. Leaving Underwood, US 83 encounters a large strip-mining coal (lignite) operation which can not only be seen from the roadway in the vicinity of Falkirk, but a small viaduct carries coal over the highway. North of Coleharbor, US 83 briefly merges both roadways and shares land with an adjacent railroad line in order to cross a viaduct that separates Lake Sakakawea from Lake Audubon. North of the lakes, the surroundings return to cropland and grazing land, though a wind farm is located south of Minot.

US 83 passes directly through Minot, where it is known as Broadway, although the Minot Bypass to the west is an alternate route. From Minot, the northbound route passes Minot Air Force Base where it returns to a two-lane highway, and shares a roadway with eastbound North Dakota Highway 5 (ND 5) about 30 miles (48 km) north of the base for about 10 miles (16 km). The highway then diverges from ND 5 to head north to the border with Canada.[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Emmons	​	0.000	0.000	US 83 south – Herreid, Selby	Continuation into South Dakota
		6.027	9.700	ND 11 east – Hague	Western terminus of ND 11
	Linton	24.942	40.140	ND 13 east – Wishek	Southern end of ND 13 concurrency
		25.958	41.775	ND 13 west	Northern end of ND 13 concurrency
	Hazelton	41.623	66.986	ND 34 east – Napoleon	Western terminus of ND 34
Burleigh	​	65.934	106.110	I-94 east / ND 14 north – Fargo, Wing	Southern end of I-94 concurrency, southern terminus of ND 14
	Bismarck	86.983	139.986	I-94 Bus. (Bismarck Expressway) – Lincoln
		88.998	143.228	I-94 west / ND 1804 south – Bismarck, Billings	Northern end of I-94 concurrency, southern end of first ND 1804 concurrency
	​	92.463	148.805	ND 1804 north	Northern end of first ND 1804 concurrency
		110.652	178.077	ND 36 east – Regan	Western terminus of ND 36
McLean		112.712	181.392	ND 41 north – Mercer	Southern terminus of ND 41
		121.262	195.152	ND 1804 south	Southern end of second ND 1804 concurrency
	Washburn	128.027	206.039	ND 200A – Turtle Lake
	Underwood	140.262	225.730	ND 200 east – Turtle Lake	Southern end of ND 200 concurrency
	​	147.556	237.468	ND 200 west – Riverdale, Pick City	Northern end of ND 200 concurrency
	Coleharbor	151.354	243.581	ND 48 south – Riverdale, Pick City	Northern terminus of ND 48
	​	159.621	256.885	ND 37 west / ND 1804 north – Garrison	Northern end of second ND 1804 concurrency, eastern terminus of ND 37
	Max	171.616	276.189	ND 53 east – Benedict	Western terminus of ND 53
Ward	​	182.717	294.055	ND 23 – Parshall, New Town, Velva
	Minot	198.581	319.585	US 2 / US 52 / US 83 Byp. west – Williston, Devils Lake, Jamestown	Southern terminus of US 83 Byp.
		200.298	322.348	US 2 Bus. / US 52 Bus.
		203.842	328.052	US 83 Byp.	Northern terminus of US 83 Byp.
Renville	No major junctions
Bottineau	​	237.020	381.447	ND 5 west / ND 256 north – Mohall, Port of Entry	Southern end of ND 5 concurrency, southern terminus of ND 256
		253.622	408.165	ND 5 east – Bottineau	Northern end of ND 5 concurrency
		256.980	413.569	PTH 83 north – Melita, Virden	Canadian border
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "U.S. Route 83". usroute83.
2. North Dakota Department of Transportation. North Dakota Route and Mileage Map (PDF) (Map). Bismarck: North Dakota Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

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