I-29/U.S. 81 South - Fargo Vicinity

Southbound I-29/U.S. 81 between Exit 69 (Cass County 20) and 19th Avenue North (Exit 67). Much of north Fargo remains rural as the freeway.

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Exit 67 represents the southbound beginning of the Fargo U.S. 81 Business loop. U.S. 81 Business follows 19th Avenue east and a combination of University Drive (southbound) and 10th Street (northbound) through the city.

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0.75 mile guide sign for U.S. 81 Business (Exit 67) posted on I-29/U.S. 81 south. U.S. 81 Business serves Hector International Airport (FAR) and the Fargo Air Museum between the freeway and University Drive. Interests to the Fargodome, Newman Outdoor Field (home of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Northern League and NDSU baseball teams), and the North Dakota State University campus should use U.S. 81 Business east to University Drive south.

04/22/07

A six-ramp parclo interchange joins I-29/U.S. 81 with 19th Avenue North at Exit 67. 19th Avenue North enters the scene from rural Cass County at the North Dakota Horse Park to become U.S. 81 Business east of the freeway. U.S. 81 Business overtakes the original U.S. 81 alignment from Cass County 81 nearby through Downtown.

04/22/07

Attached to the 19th Avenue North overpass is the one mile guide sign for 12th Avenue North (Exit 66). North Dakota 294 overlays 12th Avenue east to U.S. 81 Business (10th Street North) north as an unsigned route.

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I-29/U.S. 81 widening was not yet complete at the time of this photograph. Pictured here is an interchange sequence sign for Exits 66, 65, and 64 through central Fargo.

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12th Avenue North crosses paths with I-29/U.S. 81 on the industrial northwest side of Fargo. The arterial provides a state-maintained route to the University of North Dakota to the east and a local route west to West Fargo. ND 294 totals 2.158 miles along 12th Avenue North.

04/22/07

I-29/U.S. 81 south next meet U.S. 10 & Business Loop I-94 (unsigned here) at Exit 65. The pair follow Main Avenue east into Downtown Fargo and west to West Fargo. Points of interest served by Exit 65 include Red River Valley Fairgrounds and Bonanzaville USA in West Fargo and the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center in Moorhead, Minnesota.

04/22/07

Interchange sequence sign posted at the 7th Avenue North overpass on I-29/U.S. 81 south. Business Loop I-94 follows all of U.S. 10 (Main Avenue) west from U.S. 75 in Moorhead, Minnesota to West Fargo.

04/22/07

A six-ramp parclo interchange joins I-29/U.S. 81 with Business Loop I-94 & U.S. 10 (Main Avenue) at Exit 65. Main Avenue comprises a commercial boulevard west through the Village West neighborhood and West Fargo and east to Jefferson and Downtown, Fargo.

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Exit 65 departs I-29/U.S. 81 south at a refurbished BNSF Railroad overpass. The span was redone as part of the overall Interstate 29 expansion project through Fargo during 2004-08.

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Exit 65 expands into four lanes ahead of the turns onto Main Avenue. Business Loop I-94 & U.S. 10 continue east two miles to U.S. 81 Business in Downtown and 3.5 miles to their split in Moorhead City.

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Turning onto Main Avenue west from I-29/U.S. 81 south. U.S. 10 ends with Business Loop I-94 at a trumpet interchange with Interstate 94 in five miles. The US highway was replaced wholly by I-94 between West Fargo and Billings, Montana.

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13th Avenue South meets I-29/U.S. 81 at Exit 64 by West Acres Shopping Center and neighborhood in Fargo.

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One quarter mile north of the parclo interchange (Exit 64) with 13th Avenue South on I-29/U.S. 81 south. 13th Avenue South constitutes an east-west commercial arterial between Village West and Willow Park to the west and through the Westgate neighborhood to the east.

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Exit 64 departs I-29/U.S. 81 south onto parallel 38th Street SW, a west side frontage road, ahead of its intersection with 13th Avenue South. Drivers continuing southward will meet I-94/U.S. 52 in one mile at Exits 63A/B.

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All traffic to I-94/U.S. 52 departs I-29/U.S. 81 south in unison at a cloverstack interchange. Interstate 94 travels south of Downtown Fargo between West Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota on its long distance route to Bismark and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Another interchange sequence sign precedes the ramps for I-94/U.S. 52. Exits 62 and 60 represent the last interchanges within the city of Fargo.

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Exit 63 partitions from I-29 south with two lanes. I-94/U.S. 52 west form a commuter route west six miles to West Fargo. The pair reach Bismark in 188 miles. Motorists taking the freeway east cross the Red River into Moorhead in three miles. I-94 enters the northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities in 217 miles.

04/22/07

Exits 63A/B separate for I-94/U.S. 52 east and west. U.S. 52 pairs with I-94 west 91 miles to Jamestown. The route east to Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota is unsigned beyond the state line.

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A high flyover was built in the mid-2000s as part of the Interstate 29 Fargo expansion project. It replaced a loop ramp for I-94/U.S. 52 east.

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I-29/U.S. 81 south advances one mile from I-94 to 32nd Avenue South at the Anderson Park and Bluemont Lakes neighborhoods.

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Another in a series of arrow-per-lane (APL) overheads posted along I-29/U.S. 81 through Fargo outlines the two lane off-ramp (Exit 62) for 32nd Avenue South. 32nd Avenue South heads west to CR 17 in the city of West Fargo and east to U.S. 81 Business (University Drive) at the Brunsdale neighborhood.

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The last Fargo interchange sequence sign lists the distances to Exit 62 (Pointe West neighborhood) and Exit 60 (Woodhaven neighborhood).

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I-29/U.S. 81 south reach the off-ramp (Exit 62) to 32nd Avenue South. 32nd Avenue South forms a commercial arterial east to Stonebridge and U.S. 81 Business and west to Brandt Crossing and Urban Plains.

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Exit 62 expands to three lanes and ends at 32nd Avenue South. West Fargo lies three miles to the west.

04/22/07

The southbound freeway reduces from three to two lanes beyond the parclo interchange at Exit 62.

06/17/15

Frontage roads (38th Street South / 36th Street SW) parallel I-29/U.S. 81 the four lane highway to 52nd Avenue South. The four lane freeway passes by Prairie Rose along this stretch.

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Forthcoming 52nd Avenue South heads west from Exit 60 through growing suburban areas of Deer Creek and Osgood ahead of West Fargo. Eastward the arterial takes U.S. 81 Business from I-29 and Frontier to University Drive.

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Southbound at the off-ramp (Exit 60) to U.S. 81 Business north and 52nd Avenue South on I-29/U.S. 81 south. 52nd Avenue east to University Drive south (old U.S. 81) takes drivers to the Bennett and Davies neighborhoods of south Fargo.

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The diamond interchange (Exit 60) with 52nd Avenue South was rebuilt as an expanded parclo interchange in 2008. Work also widened 52nd Avenue Street to coincide with new loop ramps onto the freeway.

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Confirming markers posted along the southbound freeway at Frontier. I-29/U.S. 81 leave the last of the Fargo suburbs (Maple Valley) for open farm land beyond 64th Avenue South.

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