U.S. Route 52 in North Dakota

This article is about the section of highway in North Dakota. For the entire length of highway, see U.S. Route 52.

U.S. Highway 52
Map      US 52
Route information
Maintained by NDDOT
Length	362.031 mi (582.632 km)
Existed	1935–present
Major junctions
West end	Hwy 39 at the Canadian border in Portal
Major intersections	US 2 at Minot US 83 in Minot US 281 in Carrington I-94 / US 281 in Jamestown US 10 in West Fargo I-29 / US 81 in Fargo
East end	I-94 / US 52 at the Minnesota state line in Fargo
Location
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
Counties	Burke, Renville, Ward, McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells, Foster, Stutsman, Barnes, Cass
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided North Dakota State Highway System Interstate US State
← ND 50 → ND 53

U.S. Highway 52 (US 52) is a 362-mile-long (583 km) United States Numbered Highway in the U.S. state of North Dakota, which travels from the Canada–United States border east to the Red River at Fargo. The highway connects the cities of Minot and Fargo and travels concurrent with Interstate 94 (I-94) between Jamestown and the Minnesota state line.

Route description

In North Dakota, US 52 continues from Saskatchewan Highway 39 from the Canada–United States border at North Portal, Saskatchewan and Portal, North Dakota to the Red River in Fargo, a distance of 361 miles (581 km). US 52 passes through Burke, Ward, Renville, McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan, Wells, Foster, Stutsman, Barnes, and Cass counties.

US 52 is a two-lane highway in most areas, except for four lane segments between the Burlington area and Minot, Jamestown and Buchanan, and Jamestown and Fargo. Some segments in Fargo are six lanes.

From a point halfway between Foxholm and Burlington, and the southeast edge of Minot, US 52 is co-signed with US 2. As US 2/US 52 passes through the south part of Minot, it intersects with the US 83 Bypass, and then US 83 itself. Further south, US 52 is also co-signed with US 281 for 44 miles (71 km) between Carrington and Jamestown. The route through Jamestown follows 5th St. NW, 1st Ave., and I-94 Business Loop (the signs previously followed the eastern half, but now follow the shorter western half). From Jamestown east to the Minnesota border at Fargo, the highway is co-signed with Interstate 94.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
United States–Canada border		0.000	0.000	Hwy 39 north – Estevan	Continuation into Saskatchewan, Canada
				Portal–North Portal Border Crossing
Burke	​	7.416	11.935	ND 5 west – Crosby	West end of ND 5 concurrency
		20.361	32.768	ND 8 north – Northgate	West end of ND 8 concurrency
	Bowbells	27.138	43.674	ND 8 south – Bowbells, Stanley	East end of ND 8 concurrency
Ward	​	36.847	59.299	ND 5 east – Mohall	East end of ND 5 concurrency
		53.831	86.633	ND 50 west – Coulee, Powers Lake
Renville	No major intersections
Ward	Carpio	67.910	109.291	ND 28 – Berthold
	​	82.696	133.086	US 2 west – Williston	West end of US 2 concurrency
	Minot	92.181	148.351	US 83 Byp. north – Air Base
		92.625	149.065	US 2 Bus. east / US 52 Bus. east (W Burdick Expressway)
		94.665	152.349	US 83 (S Broadway Street) – Air Base, Bismarck
		97.052	156.190	US 2 east – Devils Lake US 52 Bus. west (Valley Street)	East end of US 2 concurrency
McHenry	Velva	116.858	188.065	ND 41 – Turtle Lake
	​	120.210	193.459	ND 97 west
		137.723	221.644	ND 53 south – Kief, Butte
		141.411	227.579	ND 14 north – Towner	West end of ND 14 concurrency
	Anamoose	151.884	244.434	ND 14 south – Denhoff	East end of ND 14 concurrency
Pierce	No major intersections
Sheridan	No major intersections
Wells	Harvey	167.181	269.052	ND 91 east (7th Street W) – Harvey, Rugby
		167.711	269.905	US 52 Bus. east (10th Street W)
		167.952	270.293	ND 3 north – Harvey, Rugby	West end of ND 3 concurrency
	​	169.979	273.555	US 52 Bus. west / ND 3 south – Hurdsfield	East end of ND 3 concurrency
	Fessenden	185.548	298.611	ND 15 east – New Rockford
	​	198.717	319.804	ND 200 west – McClusky	West end of ND 200 concurrency
		208.720	335.902	ND 30 north – Cathay	Mile marker 207 - 208 is vulnerable to flooding by pipestem river. Which happen in spring of 2009, and Fall of 2019.
Foster	Carrington	222.719	358.431	US 281 north / ND 200 east – New Rockford, Cooperstown	East end of ND 200 concurrency; west end of US 281 concurrency
Foster–Stutsman county line	​	232.410	374.028	ND 9 east – Kensal
Stutsman	Pingree	244.865	394.072	ND 36 west – Woodworth
	​	263.034	423.312	US 52 Truck (By-pass) east / US 281 Truck (By-pass) south	Jamestown Truck Bypass to I-94
	Jamestown	265.635	427.498	ND 20 north (4th Street NE)
		267.632	430.712	I-94 / US 52 Truck (By-pass) west / US 281 Truck (By-pass) north – Bismarck US 281 south – Edgeley, Ellendale	Exit 258 on I-94; east end of US 281 concurrency; west end of I-94 concurrency
See I-94
Red River of the North		362.031	582.632	North Dakota–Minnesota line
				I-94 east (US 52 east) – Minneapolis	Continuation into Minnesota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus