North Dakota Highway 6 (ND 6) is a major north–south
highway
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in
North Dakota
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. It runs from
South Dakota Highway 63
South Dakota Highway 63 (SD 63) is a state highway in central South Dakota, United States, that connects U.S. Route 18 (US 18) south-southeast of Parmelee with the North Dakota state line north of McLaughlin.
It consists ...
in
McLaughlin to
Interstate 94 Business Loop in downtown
Mandan
The Mandan are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains who have lived for centuries primarily in what is now North Dakota. They are enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. About half of the Mandan still res ...
.
Route description
ND 6 begins at the
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
state line, where the roadway continues as
South Dakota Highway 63
South Dakota Highway 63 (SD 63) is a state highway in central South Dakota, United States, that connects U.S. Route 18 (US 18) south-southeast of Parmelee with the North Dakota state line north of McLaughlin.
It consists ...
. It has two
intersections with
ND 24. In between the two intersections with that highway travels through
Selfridge. North of there, it travels by
Breien, and later encounters the eastern terminus of
ND 21 turning right at that intersection before making a sharp left curve and heading north again. At the intersection with Morton County Road 136 it travels by
Saint Anthony, then travels along the west side of the Morton County State Game Management Area. A sign that the highway is approaching its northern terminus is when it passes the Mandan Municipal Airport. The highway doesn't officially enter
Mandan
The Mandan are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains who have lived for centuries primarily in what is now North Dakota. They are enrolled in the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. About half of the Mandan still res ...
, until roughly around 19th Street, and from there it passes by a
United States Department of Agriculture
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(USDA) lab, and a local youth corrections center. It then crosses a bridge over the
Heart River, where on the other side it becomes 10th Avenue and cuts through the
Mandan Municipal Golf Course. Immediately after a bridge over the
BNSF Railway
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(BNSF) Mandan Rail Yard, ND 6 ends at
Interstate 94 Business Loop (BL 94), although 10th Avenue continues northbound as a local residential city street.
Major intersections
References
*{{cite web , title=North Dakota Route and Mileage Map , url=https://www.dot.nd.gov/divisions/planning/docs/2014CDRS_Reduced.pdf , website=
North Dakota Department of Transportation
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, accessdate=August 30, 2018
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Transportation in Sioux County, North Dakota
Transportation in Morton County, North Dakota