North Dakota Highway 17

North Dakota Highway 17 marker

North Dakota Highway 17
Route information
Maintained by NDDOT
Length: 139 mi[1] (224 km)
Existed: 1939 – present
Major junctions
West end: ND 3 near Barton
  US 281 in Cando
US 81 in Grafton
I29 near Drayton
East end: MN 317 at the Minnesota border
Location
Counties: Pierce, Towner, Ramsey, Walsh
Highway system

North Dakota Highways

ND 16ND 18

North Dakota Highway 17 (ND 17) is an eastwest highway stretching from just east of Barton to the Minnesota border at the Red River of the North. It is 139 miles in length and its alignment was established in 1939.

Route description

North Dakota Highway 17 begins at an intersection with ND 3 and ND 60 east of Barton in Pierce County. It heads east for fifteen miles before entering the small community of Wolford. Ten miles farther east, the highway enters Towner County. Thirteen miles east of the county line, the route intersects US 281 and enters the city of Cando. Eleven miles east of Cando, the road enters Ramsey County. Four miles east, ND 17 begins a four-mile concurrency with ND 20. After heading south for two miles, the concurrency reaches Starkweather. Two miles farther south, the concurrency with ND 20 ends. ND 17 heads east for twenty miles and enters Edmore. Three miles east of Edmore, the highway intersects ND 1. Three more miles east, the route enters Walsh County. Nine miles east of the county line, ND 17 serves as the northern terminus of ND 35. Two miles east of this intersection, the route enters Adams. The route heads ten miles east and intersects ND 32. Five miles east, the road enters the city of Park River. After heading east for six miles, ND 17 heads north for a mile during a short concurrency with ND 18. About nine miles east of the concurrency, the route enters the city of Grafton. In central Grafton, ND 17 forms a very short concurrency with US 81 which remains inside the city limits. Ten miles east of Grafton, the highway shares an interchange with Interstate 29. The highway then heads east for a mile and a half more before crossing the Red River of the North and entering Marshall County, Minnesota. The highway is continued farther east as Minnesota State Highway 317.[2]

History

The first alignment of North Dakota Highway 17 was put into place in 1939, like many other state highways. The alignment passed through Grafton on 5th Street, taking a northern route through the city. In either the late 1950s or the early 1960s, state officials modified the route to take 12th Street through Grafton, a more southern route. Besides that, ND 17 has remained in its original alignment.[1]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Pierce 00 ND 3 Dunseith, RugbyWestern terminus
ND 17 continued west as ND 60 west
TownerCando US 281 Rolla, Church's Ferry
Ramsey  ND 20 north MunichNorthern end of ND 20 concurrency
  ND 20 south Devils LakeSouthern end of ND 20 concurrency
  ND 1 Langdon, Lakota
Walsh  ND 35 south – MichiganNorthern terminus of ND 35
  ND 32 Edinburg, Petersburg
  ND 18 south LarimoreSouthern end of ND 18 concurrency
  ND 18 north CavalierNorthern end of ND 18 concurrency
Grafton US 81 north St. ThomasWestern end of US 81 concurrency
US 81 south MintoEastern end of US 81 concurrency
  I29 Drayton, Grand Forks
Marshall  MN 317 eastContinuation into Minnesota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing

  1. 1.0 1.1 Geelhart, Chris. "North Dakota Highways 1-30". The North Dakota Highways Page. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
  2. https://maps.google.com/