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 | ||||
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 US 83 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NDDOT | ||||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 83 south of Hague | |||
| North end |  PTH 83 north of Westhope | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Dakota | |||
| Counties | Emmons, Burleigh, McLean, Ward, Renville, Bottineau | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description edit
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. The northbound route passes the airport and continues to 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 thirty miles (50 km) north of the base for about ten miles (16 km). The highway then diverges from ND 5 to head north to the border with Canada at the 49th parallel,[2] and enters southwestern Manitoba as Provincial Trunk Highway 83.
Major intersections edit
| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Emmons | South 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 | Sterling Township | 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 BL (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 | |||||
| Hay Creek Township | 92.463 | 148.805 | ND 1804 north | Northern end of first ND 1804 concurrency | ||||
| Ecklund Township | 110.652 | 178.077 |  ND 36 east – Regan | Western terminus of ND 36 | ||||
| McLean | South 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 | ||||
| Underwood Township | 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 | ||||
| Snow Township | 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 | Gasman Township | 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 | Renville Township | 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 | |||
| Sergius Township | 253.622 | 408.165 | ND 5 east – Bottineau | Northern end of ND 5 concurrency | ||||
| Richburg Township | 256.980 | 413.569 | PTH 83 north – Melita, Virden | Canadian border | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References edit
- ^ "U.S. Route 83". usroute83.
- ^ a b 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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