North Dakota Highway 5

North Dakota Highway 5 (ND 5) is a 335.813-mile-long (540.439 km) east–west state highway in North Dakota. Its route is in the extreme north part of the state, near the Canada–United States border. The eastern terminus is located about four miles (6 km) east of Joliette at the Red River where the highway continues east as Minnesota State Highway 175. The western terminus is at North Dakota's western border about 12 miles (19 km) west of Fortuna where the highway continues west and turns into Montana Highway 5. The highway is mostly a two-lane road.

North Dakota Highway 5
ND 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDDOT
Length	335.813 mi[1] (540.439 km)
Major junctions
West end	MT 5 near Westby, MT
Major intersections	US 85 in Fortuna US 52 from Lignite to near Bowbells US 83 from near Mohall to near Westhope US 281 from Dunseith to Rock Lake US 81 from Hamilton to Joliette I-29 near Joliette
East end	MN 175 near Joliette
Location
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
Counties	Divide, Burke, Ward, Renville, Bottineau, Rolette, Towner, Cavalier, Pembina
Highway system
North Dakota State Highway System Interstate US State
← ND 4 → ND 6

Route description

ND 5 begins at the Montana state line near Westby, Montana, and goes east for 12 miles. Then it merges with US 85 and passes through Fortuna. Seven miles east of Fortuna, US 85 splits off southward, and ND 5 continues alone for six miles before merging with ND 42. After eight miles, ND 42 also branches off to the south, and ND 5 goes around the southwestern side of Crosby. ND 5 continues east for 13 miles, then overlaps with ND 40 for 10 miles before continuing east alone outside Columbus. At Seven Mile Corner, ND 5 merges with US 52, and they go east-southeast toward Minot. Near Bowbells, they briefly merge with ND 8 before ND 8 heads southwest into the city. About ten miles later, US 52 continues south into Minot, and ND 5 heads east again.

ND 5 and ND 28 run concurrently near Mohall, entering the city 5 miles later. ND 5 then intersects with US 83 and ND 256 after another 9 miles. US 83 and ND 5 run concurrently for 16 miles before US 83 heads north towards Westhope and the Canadian border. Further east, ND 5 runs concurrently with ND 14 for 8 miles before ND 14 turns north and ND 5 continues towards Bottineau. ND 5 intersects with the northern terminus of ND 60, 5 miles outside of Bottineau. ND 5 continues east for 12 miles into Dunseith, where it joins US 281 and intersects ND 3. The two highways run concurrently for approximately 40 miles, passing through Belcourt, intersecting ND 30 in Rolla, and intersecting ND 4. Near Rocklake, ND 5 splits from US 281, skirting the north side of the city.

14 miles to the east, ND 5 enters a concurrency with ND 20 for six miles and then continues east for twenty miles before entering the city of Langdon and intersecting ND 1. About another twenty miles to the east, ND 5 carries ND 32 for 3 miles, and then east-northeast into the city of Cavalier and joining ND 18 for a concurrency that lasts four miles. Five miles to the east, ND 5 carries US 81 all the way to I-29 (ten miles) and finally leaves North Dakota alone from any concurrency three miles later before crossing the Red River of the North and into the state of Minnesota as Minnesota State Highway 175.

Sunset on Highway 5 on the 2021 Autumnal Equinox, near Columbus

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Sheridan	​	0.000	0.000	MT 5 west – Plentywood, Scobey	Continuation into Montana
Divide	​	12.380	19.924	US 85 north – Port of Entry	Western end of US 85 concurrency
	​	20.449	32.909	US 85 south – Williston	Eastern end of US 85 concurrency
	​	26.372	42.442	ND 42 north – Ambrose	Western end of ND 42 concurrency
	Crosby	34.327	55.244	ND 42 south	Eastern end of ND 42 concurrency
	Noonan	48.694	78.365	ND 40 north – Estevan	Western end of ND 40 concurrency
Burke	​	58.665	94.412	ND 40 south – Tioga	Eastern end of ND 40 concurrency
	​	69.632	112.062	US 52 north – Portal, Estevan	Western end of US 52 concurrency
	​	82.577	132.895	ND 8 north – Northgate	Western end of ND 8 concurrency
	Bowbells	92.828	149.392	ND 8 south – Bowbells, Stanley	Eastern end of ND 8 concurrency
Ward	​	99.605	160.299	US 52 south – Minot	Eastern end of US 52 concurrency
Renville	​	117.587	189.238	ND 28 south – Carpio	Western end of ND 28 concurrency
	​	120.590	194.071	ND 28 north – Sherwood	Eastern end of ND 28 concurrency
Bottineau	​	135.563	218.168	US 83 south / ND 256 north	Western end of US 83 concurrency, southern terminus of ND 256
	​	152.166	244.887	US 83 north	Eastern end of US 83 concurrency
	​	166.199	267.471	ND 14 south – Kramer	Western end of ND 14 concurrency
	​	174.190	280.332	ND 14 north	Eastern end of ND 14 concurrency
	​	183.587	295.455	ND 60 south	Northern terminus of ND 60
Rolette	Dunseith	196.154	315.679	US 281 north / ND 3	Western end of US 281 concurrency
	Rolla	232.462	374.111	ND 30
Towner	​	221.175	355.947	ND 4 north	Southern terminus of ND 4
	​	236.105	379.974	US 281 south – Cando	Eastern end of US 281 concurrency
Cavalier	​	251.203	404.272	ND 20 north	Western end of ND 20 concurrency
	​	256.966	413.547	ND 20 south	Eastern end of ND 20 concurrency
	Langdon	278.967	448.954	ND 1
Pembina	​	298.982	481.165	ND 32 north – Walhalla	Western end of ND 32 concurrency
	​	301.987	486.001	ND 32 south – Walhalla	Eastern end of ND 32 concurrency
	Cavalier	313.487	504.508	ND 18 south	Western end of ND 18 concurrency
	​	317.185	510.460	ND 18 north	Eastern end of ND 18 concurrency
	Hamilton	322.180	518.498	US 81 south – St. Thomas	Western end of US 81 concurrency
	​	332.003	534.307	I-29 / US 81 north – Grand Forks, Winnipeg	Eastern end of US 81 concurrency
Kittson	​	335.813	540.439	MN 175 east – Hallock	Continuation into Minnesota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Sites of interest

• Turtle Mountain Chippewa Heritage Center^[2] in Belcourt
• Icelandic State Park^[3] near Cavalier
• Gunlogson Homestead and Nature Preserve^[4] in Cavalier
• Pioneer Heritage Center^[5] in Cavalier