I-29/U.S. 81 North - Fargo vicinity

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Interstate 29 U.S. 81 North
Confirming markers for I-29/U.S. 81 north posted between 52nd Avenue South and Exit 62 (32nd Avenue South). Typical suburban development lines the 36th Street South northbound frontage road. 04/22/07
One mile south of the parclo interchange (Exit 62) with 32nd Avenue South. 32nd Avenue South heads east to U.S. 81 Business (University Drive) at the Southpointe neighborhood and west to Anderson Park and CR 17 in south West Fargo. 04/22/07
A typical interchange sequence sign posted through the city of Fargo on I-29/U.S. 81 north. 32nd Avenue South forms a commercial corridor east to the Brunsdale neighborhood and U.S. 81 Business. 04/22/07
Exit 62 leaves I-29/U.S. 81 north for 32nd Avenue North. 32nd Avenue North ventures east to Essentia Health-Fargo hospital on the 1.75 mile drive to University Drive and west six miles to Cass County 17 (Sheyenne Street). 04/22/07
I-29/U.S. 81 next meet I-94/U.S. 52 at a cloverstack interchange (Exit 63). The east-west freeway joins Fargo with West Fargo and Moorhead as it bypasses Downtown to the south. 04/22/07
One-half out from the Exit 63A/B interchange with I-94/U.S. 52. U.S. 10 meets Interstate 29 in 2.5 miles; Interstate 94 replaced U.S. 10 from West Fargo to Billings, Montana. 04/22/07
Exit 63A leads drivers onto I-94/U.S. 52 east toward Downtown Fargo. Exits 350 and 351 provide routes into Downtown Fargo before the freeway crosses the Red River into Moorhead City. 04/22/07
U.S. 52 remains with Interstate 94 east to the city of St. Paul, Minnesota. The tandem otherwise reach Minneapolis in 233 miles. Exit 63B follows as a loop ramp onto I-94/U.S. 52 west to Bismark. Jamestown, where U.S. 52 leaves the freeway, lies 91 miles to the west. 04/22/07
Construction between 2004 and 2008 resulted in the widening and reconfiguration of many Interstate 29 interchanges throughout Fargo. Included in the work was the 2004 constructed flyover from I-29 south to I-94 east. 04/22/07
Exit 63B departs I-29/U.S. 81 north for I-94 west to Jamestown, Bismark and Billings, Montana. The freeway doubles as a commuter route to U.S. 10 at West Fargo. 06/17/15
Interstate 29 advances north a half mile to the ramps (Exit 64) for 13th Avenue. 13th Avenue South crosses paths with the freeway at a six ramp parclo interchange adjacent to the West Acres Shopping Center. 06/17/15
Exit 64 was reconfigured as part of the overall Interstate 29 expansion project between 2004 and 2007. A two lane off-ramp departs not only for 13th Avenue South, but also for 38th Street SW at West Acres. 38th Street SW acts as a southbound frontage road to 17th Avenue South and a cluster of apartment complexes. 06/17/15
I-29/U.S. 81 north reach the ramp departure of Exit 64 to 13th Avenue South and 38th Street SW. 13th Avenue South travels to the Village West neighborhood and city of West Fargo and east along a commercial strip through the Westgate neighborhood in Fargo. 06/17/15
Exit 64 partitions into ramps for 13th Avenue South and 38th Street SW at West Acres Shopping Center. 04/22/07
Next in line for I-29/U.S. 81 north is the six-ramp parclo interchange with Business Loop I-94 & U.S. 10 (Main Avenue). Signs along I-29 omit the business route at Exit 65. 06/17/15
I-29/U.S. 81 north pass over 9th Avenue South on the one-quarter mile approach to U.S. 10 (Exit 65). 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 adjoining Moorhead, Minnesota. 06/17/15
Exit 65 departs I-29/U.S. 81 north for Business Loop I-94 & U.S. 10 (Main Street). U.S. 10 follows Main Avenue west four miles to end at I-94. U.S. 10 used to continue all the way to Seattle, but was replaced in stages between 1969 and 1986 with Interstates 94 and 90. 06/17/15
Exit 65 ties into U.S. 10 (Main Avenue) opposite 36th Street NW. U.S. 10 & Business Loop I-94 combine from Exit 343 of I-94 in West Fargo. The concurrency stretches east east through Downtown Fargo to U.S. 75 in Downtown Moorhead. 06/17/15
Continuing north, the next three interchanges along I-29/U.S. 81 are displayed on this sign below the BNSF Railroad overpass. 36th Street North sneaks underneath the overpass along the right side. 04/22/07
Another six-ramp parclo interchange joins I-29/U.S. 81 with 12th Avenue North to the west of North Dakota State University. The campus lies south of the Fargodome and Newman Outdoor Field (home of the Northern League's Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and NDSU baseball team) at the junction of U.S. 81 Business (University Drive) south and 12th Avenue North. 04/22/07
Exit 66 partitions into separate two lane movements for 12th Avenue North. 12th Avenue North heads west into north West Fargo and east to 15th Avenue in Moorhead, Minnesota. 04/22/07
U.S. 81 Business returns to I-29/U.S. 81 by way of 19th Avenue North and Hector International Airport (FAR). A parclo interchange joins the two highways amid open fields west of the airport, which includes the Fargo Air Museum. 04/22/07
The next two interchanges are the last to serve the city of Fargo along I-29/U.S. 81 northbound. 04/22/07
Exit 67 departs I-29/U.S. 81 north for U.S. 81 Business (19th Avenue North) south (east) to Hector International Airport (FAR). One could argue that U.S. 81 Business should be signed as Interstate 29 Business. Nonetheless, the business loop ventures east to the Fargodome and south through Downtown and Frontier. 19th Avenue west continues to the North Dakota Horse Park and rural areas outside of the city. 04/22/07
A brand new (at the time) Interstate 29 North Dakota shield assembly posted along with U.S. 81 north of the on-ramp at Exit 67. A short distance to the east is Cass County 81, the pre-freeway alignment of U.S. 81. 04/22/07
One mile south of the diamond interchange (Exit 69) with Cass County 20 (40th Avenue North) on I-29 north. 04/22/07
I-29/U.S. 81 north reach the off-ramp (Exit 69) to Cass County 20 (40th Avenue) North). 40th Avenue North meanders around the periphery of Hector International Airport (FAR) to Wall Street Avenue in Oakport, Minnesota. Old U.S. 81 crosses Cass County 20 nearby as well. 04/22/07
CR 20 shield posted at the ramp end from I-29/U.S. 81 north at Exit 69. CR 20 continues west to Reiles Acres and 2.5 miles to CR 17. 04/22/07



Photo Credits:

04/22/07, 06/17/15 by AARoads

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Interstate 94
U.S. 10 / Business Loop Interstate 94

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