North Dakota Highway 4 Explained

State:ND
Type:ND
Route:4
Length Mi:10.283
Length Ref:[1]
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:ND 4 highlighted in red
Established:1997
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Armourdale
Direction B:North
Terminus B: at the Canada–US border
Counties:Towner
Previous Type:ND
Previous Route:3
Next Type:ND
Next Route:5

North Dakota Highway 4 (ND 4) is a 10.283adj=midNaNadj=mid north - south state highway in northern North Dakota, connecting U.S. Route 281 (US 281) and ND 5 near Rocklake to Manitoba Highway 5 at the Canada–US border.

Route description

ND 4 begins at a four-way intersection with concurrent highways US 281 and ND 5 along a roadway named 61st Avenue. The highway continues north through sparsely populated Armourdale as a two-lane undivided highway intersecting County Route 4 in Hansboro before turning east at 108th Street and then returning to a northerly direction until its end at the Canada–US border.[2]

History

Highway 69
State:ND
Type:ND 1970
Route:69
Location:Armourdale to Canada–US border
Formed:1969
Deleted:1997

This route was known as Highway 69 until 1997,[3] possibly due to the sexual connotation of the number.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Route and Mileage Map Insets . North Dakota Department of Transportation . 2016-06-28.
  2. Web site: Towner County Base Map . North Dakota Department of Transportation . 2007-04-29.
  3. Web site: Geelhart, Chris . Highways 1 to 30 . The North Dakota Highways Page . 2007-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070207150342/http://www.northernplainshighways.org/ndakota/nd1-30.html . 2007-02-07 . dead .