Site Navigation Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming     Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 South - Fargo vicinity Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 South Southbound Interstate 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. Photo taken 04/22/07. 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. Photo taken 04/22/07. 0.75-mile guide sign for U.S. 81 Business (Exit 67) posted on Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. U.S. 81 Business serves Hector International Airport 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. Photo taken 04/22/07. A six-ramp partial-cloverleaf interchange joins Interstate 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. Photo taken 04/22/07. Attached to the 19th Avenue North overpass is the one-mile guide sign for 12th Avenue North (Exit 66). Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 widening was not yet complete at the time of this photograph. Pictured here is an upcoming exits sign for Exits 66, 65, and 64 through central Fargo. Photo taken 04/22/07. 12th Avenue North interchanges with Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 on the industrial northwest side of Fargo. The arterial provides a second route to the University of North Dakota to the east and ventures west to West Fargo. Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south next meet U.S. 10 & Business Loop Interstate 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 West Fargo's Red River Valley Fairgrounds and Bonanzaville USA and the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center in adjoining Moorhead, Minnesota. Photo taken 04/22/07. Upcoming exits sign posted at the 7th Avenue North overpass on Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. Business Loop Interstate 94 follows all of U.S. 10 (Main Avenue) throughout West Fargo and Fargo to junction U.S. 75 in Moorhead, Minnesota. Photo taken 04/22/07. A six-ramp partial-cloverleaf interchange joins Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 with Business Loop Interstate 94 & U.S. 10 (Main Avenue) at Exit 65. Main Avenue comprises the main commercial strip through both Fargo and West Fargo. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 65 departs Interstate 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. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 65 expands into four lanes ahead of the turns onto Main Avenue. Business Loop Interstate 94 & U.S. 10 continue east two miles to junction U.S. 81 Business in downtown and 3.5 miles to their split in Moorhead City. Photo taken 04/22/07. Turning onto Main Avenue west from Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. U.S. 10 ends at the Business Loop Interstate 94 trumpet interchange with Interstate 94 in five miles. The federal highway was replaced wholly by Interstate 94 between West Fargo and Billings, Montana. Photo taken 04/22/07. 13th Avenue South interchanges with Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 at Exit 64 opposite the West Acres Shopping Center. Photo taken 04/22/07. One quarter mile north of the Exit 64 partial-cloverleaf interchange with 13th Avenue South on Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. 13th Avenue South, like Main Avenue to the north, constitutes an east-west commercial arterial between Fargo and West Fargo. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 64 departs Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south onto parallel 38th Street Southwest ahead of its intersection with 13th Avenue South. 38th Street SW acts as a frontage road for the freeway through the West Acres Shopping Center area. Drivers continuing southward otherwise will meet Interstate 94 in one mile at Exits 63A/B. Photo taken 04/22/07. All traffic to Interstate 94 & U.S. 52 depart Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south in unison at a directional-cloverleaf interchange. Interstate 94 & U.S. 52 travel south of downtown between West Fargo and Moorhead City on its long distance route to Bismark and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo taken 04/22/07. Another upcoming exits sign posted one quarter mile north of Interstate 94 & U.S. 52. Exits 62 and 60 represent the last interchanges within the city of Fargo. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 63 segregates into its respective ramps beyond the partition with Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. Interstate 94 & U.S. 52 west continue another six miles to an exit of West Fargo on the 188-mile drive to Bismark. Eastbound travelers head three miles across the Red River into Moorhead City. The freeway enters the northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities in 217 miles but otherwise stays well outside of most population centers. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 63A/B part ways for Interstate 94 & U.S. 52 east and west. U.S. 52 remains on Interstate 94 west 91 miles to Jamestown and along Interstate 94 in an almost hidden fashion from the Red River to downtown St. Paul, Minnesota to the east. Photo taken 04/22/07. A high flyover was built in the mid-2000s as part of the Interstate 29 Fargo expansion project to replace the Exit 63A loop ramp to Interstate 94 & U.S. 52 east. Photo taken 04/22/07. Attached to the Interstate 94 & U.S. 52 over crossing is the one-mile overhead for 32nd Avenue South (Exit 62). Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south reduce from three to two lanes beyond the Exit 62 partial-cloverleaf interchange. Photo taken 04/22/07. Another in a series of diagrammatical overheads posted along Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 through Fargo. A two-lane off-ramp departs the freeway ahead for Exit 62 to 32nd Avenue South. 32nd Avenue South heads west to Cass County 17 on the outskirts of West Fargo and east to U.S. 81 Business (University Drive). Photo taken 04/22/07. The last Fargo upcoming exits sign listing the distances to Exit 62 (near Prairie Rose) and Exit 60 (Frontier). Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south at the Exit 62 off-ramp to 32nd Avenue South. 32nd Avenue South provides a commercial arterial eastward to U.S. 81 Business and serves industrial areas west of the freeway. Photo taken 04/22/07. Exit 62 expands to three lanes and ends at 32nd Avenue South. West Fargo lies three miles to the west. Photo taken 04/22/07. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 shields posted along the freeway through south Fargo. Frontage roads (38th Street South / 36th Street Southwest) parallel the four-lane highway through to 64th Avenue South outside the city. Photo taken 04/22/07. Continuing south toward the 52nd Avenue South interchange (Exit 60) on Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. 52nd Avenue South heads west through growing suburbs between south Fargo and West Fargo. Eastward the street carries the northbound beginning of U.S. 81 Business from Frontier to University Drive. Photo taken 04/22/07. Southbound at the Exit 60 off-ramp to 52nd Avenue South on Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 south. 52nd Avenue east to University Drive south (old U.S. 81) carries drivers to the suburb of Briarwood. The diamond interchange is under reconstruction as an expanded partial-cloverleaf interchange as of March 2008. Work will also widen 52nd Avenue Street above to coincide with new loop ramps onto the freeway. Photo taken 04/22/07. Ascending the Exit 60 ramp to 52nd Avenue South. The community of Frontier consists of a small grid of streets southeast of the interchange. Four, count them four (!), signals lie at the end of the one-lane ramp. Photos taken 04/22/07. Reassurance markers posted along the southbound freeway at Frontier. Interstate 29 & U.S. 81 immediately leave the last suburbs for open fields. Photo taken 04/22/07. Page Updated March 29, 2008.