The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is a part of the government of the

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North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...

. NDDOT oversees the state's transportation system. This includes planning both new construction and reconstruction projects on roads and highways throughout the state. NDDOT is also responsible for the issuance of state driver's licenses. North Dakota, despite its small population, has the distinction of having a transportation system that has more miles of road per capita than any other state in the

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. North Dakota has the second smallest Department of Transportation within the country (second only to Hawaii). Despite the small size of the Department, North Dakota has more registered vehicles than there are residents of the state. The Director is Bill Panos, and the central office is located on the

North Dakota State Capitol The North Dakota State Capitol is the house of government of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The capitol, a 21-story Art Deco tower, is located in Bismarck at 600 East Boulevard Avenue, and is the tallest habitable building in the state. On ...

grounds in

Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popul ...

. Until the 1990s, the agency was known as the North Dakota Highway Department.

References

External links

North Dakota Department of Transportation website
Transportation in North Dakota State departments of transportation of the United States Motor vehicle registration agencies State agencies of North Dakota {{NorthDakota-transport-stub