North Dakota Highway 1804 (ND 1804) is a

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in the U.S. state of

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...

. ND 1804 and ND 1806 were named to reflect the years of Lewis and Clark's travels through the area, and together constitute the portion of the

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that runs through North Dakota along the northeast and southwest sides of

Lake Sakakawea Lake Sakakawea is a large reservoir in the north central United States, impounded in 1953 by Garrison Dam, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam located in the Missouri River basin in central North Dakota. Named for the Shoshone-Hidatsa woman Saka ...

and the Missouri River, respectively.

Route description

Highway 1804 begins at the border between North Dakota and

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near Pollock, South Dakota, and continues uninterrupted along the north east side of the Missouri River through Emmons, Burleigh,

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, Mountrail, and Williams counties. At the intersection of Bismarck Expressway in Bismarck, the highway temporarily splits into a separate northbound route (concurrent with 9th Street) and southbound route (concurrent with 7th Street) until both roads terminate at E Boulevard Avenue in front of the

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grounds. Further north in Bismarck, ND 1804 intersects

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, from which it runs concurrent with

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for a short distance. Just north of Bismarck, ND 1804 diverges from US 83 to closely follow the Missouri River. It once again runs concurrent with US 83 until just northeast of Lake Sakakawea, where ND 1804 permanently diverges west to closely follow the lake. At Williston, a brief concurrence with

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and

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begins and ends as ND 1804 dips south alongside the Missouri River to meet its final terminus at Montana Secondary Highway 327 in the

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Major intersections

References

1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * Februa ...

Transportation in Emmons County, North Dakota Transportation in Burleigh County, North Dakota Transportation in McLean County, North Dakota Transportation in Mountrail County, North Dakota Transportation in Williams County, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-road-stub