North Dakota Highway 1

North Dakota Highway 1
ND 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDDOT
Length	230.433 mi[1] (370.846 km)
Existed	1939–present
Major junctions
South end	SD 37 near Ludden
Major intersections	I-94 / US 52 near Valley City ND 200 near Cooperstown US 2 in Lakota ND 5 in Langdon
North end	PTH 31 in Maida
Location
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
Counties	Dickey, LaMoure, Barnes, Griggs, Nelson, Walsh, Cavalier
Highway system
North Dakota State Highway System Interstate US State
← ND 1806 → US 2

North Dakota Highway 1 (ND 1) is a major north–south highway in North Dakota. It runs from Manitoba Highway 31 in Maida to South Dakota Highway 37 south of Ludden. It is 230 miles (370 km) in length.

ND 1 enters North Dakota as a continuation on South Dakota Highway 37 five miles south of ND 11. After a concurrency with this road that heads east for three miles, then north for seven miles, ND 1 continues north for two miles before entering the city of Oakes. Six miles north of Oakes, the route begins a concurrency of about 10½ miles with ND 13. This concurrency travels almost due north and ends in Verona. Six miles north of Verona, ND 1 intersects with the western terminus of ND 27. Thirteen miles farther north, the highway intersects ND 46. A little more than nineteen miles north of this intersection, west of Valley City, ND 1 begins a concurrency with Interstate 94 and US 52. The three highways travel west for about six miles before I-94 and US 52 continue west and ND 1 turns north.

Eleven miles north of the concurrency, ND 1 enters the western portion of Rogers. A mile north of Rogers, the route serves as the eastern terminus of ND 9. About six miles north of here, ND 1 enters Dazey and intersects ND 26. Eight miles north of the ND 26 intersection, ND 1 enters Hannaford. About ten miles north of Hannaford and two miles west of Cooperstown (which ND 1 never enters), the highways begins a concurrency with North Dakota's longest state highway, ND 200. Six miles farther west, ND 200 and ND 1 part. ND 1 heads north for four miles, west for a mile, and north for three miles before intersecting ND 65 just east of Binford. About sixteen miles north of here, ND 1 intersects ND 15 outside Pekin. About twenty miles north of here is an intersection with US 2 and the city of Lakota.

North of Lakota, ND 1 travels just northeast of Brocket. Six miles north of Brocket is the community of Lawton. About eight miles north of Lawton, ND 1 intersects ND 17. Twelve miles north of that intersection, the highway enters Nekoma. Just less than five miles north of Nekoma, ND 1 intersects ND 66. Nine miles farther north, ND 1 enters Langdon. In Langdon, ND 1 intersects ND 5. The remaining sixteen miles of this highway in North Dakota and the United States feature intersections with a couple of county roads before the Canadian border. ND 1 is continued into Manitoba, Canada, as Manitoba Highway 31.

North Dakota Highway 1 was assigned by 1926 as a highway from the Canada border north of Pembina to the South Dakota border.^[2] This highway became part of US 81 in 1927, and Highway 1 was reassigned as a renumbering of North Dakota Highway 12 from Langdon to South Dakota to avoid conflict with US 12. The highway was extended north to Canada by 1937.^[3] It remains in this alignment today.^[4]

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Brown	​	0.000	0.000	SD 37 south – Hecla	Continuation into South Dakota
Dickey	​	5.178	8.333	ND 11 west – Ellendale	Southern end of ND 11 concurrency
	​	14.933	24.032	ND 11 east – Cogswell	Northern end of ND 11 concurrency
	​	22.939	36.917	ND 13 east – Gwinner	Southern end of ND 13 concurrency
LaMoure	Verona	33.058	53.202	ND 13 west – LaMoure	Northern end of ND 13 concurrency
	​	38.344	61.709	ND 27 east – Lisbon	Western terminus of ND 27
LaMoure–Barnes county line	​	51.405	82.728	ND 46 – Gackle, Enderlin
Barnes	​	70.926	114.144	I-94 east / US 52 – Fargo	Eastern end of concurrency with I-94 and US 52; exit 288
	​	76.423	122.991	I-94 west / US 52 – Bismarck	Western end of concurrency with I-94 and US 52; exit 283
	​	89.543	144.105	ND 9 west – Wimbledon	Eastern terminus of ND 9
	Dazey	95.662	153.953	ND 26 east – Pillsbury	Western terminus of ND 26
Griggs	​	113.714	183.005	ND 200 east – Cooperstown	Eastern end of ND 200 concurrency
	​	119.821	192.833	ND 200 west – Carrington	Western end of ND 200 concurrency
	​	128.493	206.789	ND 65 east – Jessie	Western terminus of ND 65
Nelson	​	145.217	233.704	ND 15 – Pekin, McVille
	Lakota	162.802	262.004	US 2 – Devils Lake, Grand Forks
Ramsey	​	189.521	305.004	ND 17 – Edmore, Adams
Cavalier	​	204.890	329.738	ND 66 – Bisbee, Milton
	Langdon	213.926	344.281	ND 5 – Rocklake, Cavalier
Division No. 4	​	230.433	370.846	PTH 31 north – Saint Claude, Portage la Prairie	Continuation into Manitoba, Canada
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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