Site Navigation Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming     Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 South - Fargo to South Dakota Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 South Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 leave the greater Fargo area and next approach Cass County 14 (100th Avenue South) at Exit 56. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 56 consists of a diamond interchange with Cass County 14 (100th Avenue South) 1.5 miles west of Wild Rice. Interests to Horace should follow County 14 west 4.8 miles to Cass County 17 (Main Street) north from Interstate 29 & U.S. 81. Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south shift one half mile to the southeast ahead of Exit 54. Photo taken 04/22/07. Meeting the freeway next is Cass County 16 (124th Avenue South), an east-west road joining Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 with Davenport 11 miles to the west. Photo taken 04/22/07. Southbound at the Exit 54 ramp departure to Cass County 16 (124th Avenue South) on Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. Cass County 16 continues east 1.4 miles to Cass County 81 (old U.S. 81) 3.6 miles north of Oxbow. Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 continue due south to Exit 48. Photo taken 04/22/07. Continuing the county highway theme, Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 draw to within 0.75 miles of Cass County 18 at Exit 50. Photo taken 04/22/07. Cass County 18 (52nd Street Southeast) heads east to Comstock, Minnesota, meeting old U.S. 81 near Hickson and Oxbow nearby. Exit 50 constitutes a diamond interchange between 52nd Street SE and Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 below. Photo taken 04/22/07. The first state highway encountered along Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 since South Dakota 200A (Exit 100) exists at the Richland County line and Exit 48. South Dakota 46 straddles the county line west toward the Cass County communities of Kindred and Leonard. Photo taken 04/22/07. North Dakota 46 begins at Exit 48 and heads west on a 121-mile route to North Dakota 30 near Streeter. Kindred lies nine miles west via North Dakota 46 (54th Street SE) west and Cass County 15 north. 54th Street SE continues a short distance from Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 east to old U.S. 81. Photo taken 04/22/07. Taking the Exit 48 diamond interchange to North Dakota 46 (54th Street SE) west from Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. Junction U.S. 281 south of Jamestown is 89 miles west. The state highway also serves interests to the Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway and the Fort Ransom State Park. Photos taken 04/22/07. Continuing southward, Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 shift another one half mile east. Wahpeton, the next town of consequence, lies 35 miles southeast via North Dakota 13 east from Exit 23. Sioux Falls is still over 200 miles away. Photos taken 04/22/07. Nearing the village of Christine (Exit 44) on Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. The final ten North Dakota interchanges lie within Richland County. Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south at the Exit 44 ramp departure to 58th Street Southeast. Christine resides at the crossroads of 58th Street and old U.S. 81, one half mile east. Photo taken 04/22/07. A short distance further south, Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 approaches Exit 42 with Richland County 2 (60th Street Southeast). Photo taken 04/22/07. Richland County 2 (60th Street SE) heads 5.2 miles west from the Exit 42 diamond interchange to the village of Walcott. Photo taken 04/22/07. Nearing the 61st Street SE over crossing on Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. An abandoned rest area lies beyond the overpass. Photo taken 04/22/07. A look at the closed rest area of Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 southbound near Colfax. Photo taken 04/22/07. Richland County 4 (65th Street SE) interchanges with Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 two miles east of Colfax at Exit 37. Photo taken 04/22/07. Southbound Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 at the Exit 37 diamond interchange with Richland County 4 (65th Street SE). County 4 continues 4.25 miles to its end at Richland County 81 (old U.S. 81, 1.5 miles north of Abercrombie and the nearby Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site. Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 travel along a straight line south through to Exit 26. Standing water remains along the roadside from a spring storm the day before. Photo taken 04/22/07. A subtle hill along Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 breaks the monotony near Exit 31. Photo taken 04/22/07. Meeting the freeway at Exit 31 is Richland County 8 (71st Street Southeast). County 8 heads east one mile to the settlement of Galchutt. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 31 to Richland County 8 (71st Street Southeast) departs Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. Richland County 8 travels 4.4 miles between the diamond interchange and old U.S. 81. Photo taken 04/22/07. Another Interstate 29 North Dakota & U.S. 81 south reassurance shield assembly posted in Richland County. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 26 is even more remote then Exit 31 to Galchutt, joining Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 with 76th Street Southeast five miles west of Dwight. Photo taken 04/22/07. A diamond interchange links Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 with 76th Street SE west of Dwight. Richland County 10 entails 76th Street just within the immediate area of Exit 26. Photo taken 04/22/07. A truck weigh station resides within the median of Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 midway between Exits 26 and 23B. Photo taken 04/22/07. The left-side weigh station of Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south in Richland County. Photo taken 04/22/07. North Dakota 13 crosses paths with Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 at a six-ramp partial-cloverleaf interchange 10 miles west of Wahpeton. Wahpeton represents the largest city south of Fargo and Interstate 94 within the state! Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 pass over the Red River Valley and Western Railroad on the one-half mile approach to Exit 23 with North Dakota 13. Exit 23B points of interest include the Bagg Bonanza Farm at nearby Mooreton; Exit 23A includes the Chahinkapa Zoo. Photo taken 04/22/07. Sign bridge posted at the Exit 23B ramp departure to North Dakota 13 west to Mooreton and Wyndmere. The state highway tallies 202 miles between the Minnesota state line (Minnesota 9) near Breckenridge to Linton. Photo taken 04/22/07. Loop ramps join the southbound side of Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 with North Dakota 13 at Exit 23A. North Dakota 13 constitutes a four-lane divided highway east to a trumpet interchange with North Dakota 210. North Dakota 210 provides a bypass route east to U.S. 75 while North Dakota 13 follows a route into downtown Wahpeton. Photo taken 04/22/07. Devoid of U.S. 81, this Interstate 29 reassurance shield resides south of Exit 23 (North Dakota 13). Photo taken 04/22/07. The remainder of Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 stays away from any town of consequence in North Dakota. Therefore the next junction (North Dakota 11) is referenced in place of a control city on this mileage sign. Photo taken 04/22/07. A Minnesota-style signing practice is borrowed on the Exit 15 guide signs for Richland County 16. Richland County 16 (87th Street Southeast) provides access 1.4 miles eastward to the village of Great Bend from Interstate 29 & U.S. 81. Photo taken 04/22/07. Richland County 16 continues west seven miles from the Exit 15 diamond interchange to Mantador. Photo taken 04/22/07. The power lines that parallel Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south from Mooreton continue toward the 92nd Street SE overpass before tieing into a larger set spanning the roadway near Hankinson. Photos taken 04/22/07. North Dakota 11 (94th Street Southeast) interchanges with Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 at the Exit 8 diamond interchange three miles east of Hankinson. Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south at the Exit 8 ramp departure to North Dakota 11 (94th Street SE). North Dakota 11 ventures ten miles east to North Dakota 127 and Fairmont. 179 miles long, the state highway heads west from Minnesota 55 to U.S. 83 with of Hague. Photo taken 04/22/07. U.S. 81 is again ignored on the reassurance shield assembly for Interstate 29 south of Exit 8. The freeway continues five miles to Richland County 22 and 178 miles to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Photos taken 04/22/07. Another Minnesota-style county sign adorns the guide sign for Exit 2 to Richland County 22 (100th Street Southeast). 100th Street Southeast heads east 10.5 miles through La Mars to junction North Dakota 127 (old U.S. 81). Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 2 departs Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. Richland County 22 (100th Street SE) only exists at the diamond interchange; 100th Street Southeast otherwise peters out three miles westward at Lake Elsie National Wildlife Refuge. Photo taken 04/22/07. The final Interstate 29 North Dakota interchange resides at the South Dakota state line with Richland County 1E (102nd Street Southeast). Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 1 consists of a folded-diamond interchange with Richland County 1E (102nd Street SE) on the state line. Richland County 1E travels 1.8 miles from 468th Avenue south to Victor, South Dakota and 167th Avenue SE north back to Hankinson. Photos taken 04/22/07. Page Updated March 30, 2008.