North Dakota Highway 21


North Dakota Highway 21 is an east-west highway in North Dakota. The eastern terminus is at ND 6 about north of Breien and the western terminus is at U.S. Route 85 about 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 and Bentley, picks up ND 49 near New Leipzig and exits the concurrency at Elgin, passes north of Heil and Leith and south of Carson and Lark, and meets the northern end of ND 31 near Flasher. It ends at a junction with ND 6 north of Breien.

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.

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