North Dakota Department of Transportation 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 Tom Sorel, and the central office is located on the North Dakota State Capitol grounds in Bismarck. Until the 1990s, the agency was known as the North Dakota Highway Department. North Dakota Department of Transportation The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is a part of the government of the U.S. state of North Dakota. NDDOT oversees the state's transportation system. This includes planning both new construction and reconstruction projects on roads and highways throughout
U.S. Route 81 in North Dakota U.S. Route 81 in North Dakota U.S. Route 81 (US 81) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Fort Worth, Texas, to the Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing near Pembina. In the state of North Dakota, US 81 extends from the South Dakota border north to the Canada-United States border. U.S. 81 enters North Dakota concurrently with Interstate 29 (I-29). It heads north from the South Dakota border, passing through Fargo, to the north side of Grand Forks. There it splits off to the northwest, passing through the city of Manvel. It parallels I-29, passing through the town