U.S. Highway 85 – North Dakota

The U.S. Highway 85 project encompassed approximately 62 miles of roadway in Stark, Billings, and McKenzie counties, North Dakota. The project began at the Interstate 94 interchange and extended north to the Watford City Bypass (McKenzie County Road 30).

The proposed action was to expand this segment of U.S. 85 from a two-lane highway to a four-lane highway with flexible design options to avoid or minimize impacts and rehabilitate or replace the historic Long X Bridge over the Little Missouri River.

The goal of the project was to essentially maintain and follow the existing U.S. 85 alignment, utilizing the existing infrastructure to minimize potential impacts on environmental, socioeconomic, and human-made resources, to the maximum extent practicable.

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