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 U.S. Highway 81 | ||||
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 US 81 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNDDOT | ||||
| Length | 247.457 mi[1] (398.243 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   I-29 /US 81 at theSouth Dakota state line | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| North end |  PTH 75 atPembina–Emerson Border Crossing nearPembina | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | North Dakota | |||
| Counties | Richland,Cass,Traill,Grand Forks,Walsh,Pembina | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 81 (US 81) is a part of theU.S. Highway System that travels fromFort Worth, Texas, to thePembina–Emerson Border Crossing nearPembina. In the state ofNorth Dakota, US 81 extends from theSouth Dakota border north to the Canada-United States border.
U.S. 81 enters North Dakota concurrently withInterstate 29 (I-29). It heads north from the South Dakota border, passing throughFargo, to the north side ofGrand Forks. There it splits off to the northwest, passing through the city ofManvel. It parallels I-29, passing by the town ofGrafton before joiningNorth Dakota Highway 5 (ND 5) nearCavalier. It rejoins I-29 and continues to the US–Canada border atPembina. The original route of US 81 survives asND 127 and 'County Road 81' inRichland,Cass,Traill, andGrand Forks counties.
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 intoSouth Dakota | ||
| SeeI-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; formerlyND 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 thePembina–Emerson Border Crossing | ||||
| PTH 75 north –Winnipeg | National northern terminus of I-29 and US 81; formerlyPTH 29; continuation intoManitoba | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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