North Dakota Highway 21

North Dakota Highway 21
ND 21 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NDDOT
Length	123 mi[1] (198 km)
Existed	unknown–present
Major junctions
West end	US 85 east-northeast of Amidon
Major intersections	ND 67 near New England ND 8 in Mott ND 49 from New Leipzig to Elgin ND 31 near Flasher
East end	ND 6 north of Breien
Location
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
Counties	Morton, Grant, Hettinger, Slope
Highway system
North Dakota State Highway System Interstate US State
← ND 20 → ND 22

North Dakota Highway 21

North Dakota Highway 21 (ND 21) is an east-west highway in North Dakota. The eastern terminus is at ND 6 about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Breien and the western terminus is at U.S. Route 85 (US 85) about 5 miles (8.0 km) east-northeast of Amidon. The highway is known for the large number of abandonments located along it.

Route description

ND 21 runs east from its western terminus at US 85 for 15.7 miles before turning south onto ND 22 near New England for 8.1 miles. after the concurrency, ND 21 heads east for 28.7 miles, intersecting the Enchanted Highway and passing south of Regent, and sharing the road with ND 8 near Mott. In Mott, ND 21 turns off again to head east for the last 69.5 miles; along the way, ND 21 skirts north of Burt, picks up ND 49 near New Leipzig and exits the concurrency at Elgin, passes north of Heil and south of Carson, and meets the northern end of ND 31 near Flasher.

History

The current ND-24 segment between ND-6 and the current ND-24/ND-1806 junction was originally part of ND-21. This segment was renumbered between 1950 and 1963.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Slope	​	0.0	0.0	US 85 – Belfield, Amidon, Bowman	Western terminus of ND 21
	​			ND 67 south – Scranton	Northern terminus of ND 67
Hettinger	New England			ND 22 north – Dickinson	Northern end of ND 22 concurrency
	​			ND 22 south – Reeder	Southern end of ND 22 concurrency
	​			ND 8 south – Hettinger	Western end of ND 8 concurrency
	Mott			ND 8 north – Richardton	Eastern end of ND 8 concurrency
Grant	New Leipzig			ND 49 south – Thunder Hawk	Western end of ND 49 concurrency
	Elgin			ND 49 north – Lake Tschida, Glen Ullin	Eastern end of ND 49 concurrency
Grant–Morton county line	​			ND 31 south – Raleigh	Northern terminus of ND 31
Morton	​			ND 6 – Mandan, Selfridge, Fort Yates	Eastern terminus of ND 21
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Notes

1. Mileage retrieved from North Dakota Highways 1 to 30 unless otherwise noted.

External links

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• The North Dakota Highways Page by Chris Geelhart
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