The Theodore Roosevelt Expressway (also known as the National Highway System High Priority Corridor 58), is made up of several existing highways between

Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek (South Dakota), Rapid Creek, where the settlement deve ...

and the Port of Raymond between

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and

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

. It is the northern third of the

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. The corridor is approximately long with the majority of the highway two lanes. Congress designated the route as one of 80 National Highway System High-Priority Corridors in 2005 by the

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. The designation did not create new design standards or create new eligibility for any additional federal funding. The route begins in

Rapid City Rapid City is the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed. It is the second-mo ...

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and runs north on

U.S. Route 85 U.S. Route 85 (US 85) is a north–south United States Highway that travels in the Mountain and Northern Plains states of the United States. The southern terminus of the highway is at the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, connecting w ...

to Williston,

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. From Williston, the route turns west on

U.S. Route 2 U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway System, United States Numbered Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected ...

to Culbertson,

where it turns north on

Montana Highway 16 Montana Highway 16 (MT 16) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Montana. It begins in West Glendive at a Business Loop of Interstate 94 (I-94), and ends at the Port of Raymond on the Saskatchewan border. The northern portion from U.S. Ro ...

to the Canada–US border at Raymond, Montana. The expressway takes its name from former

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South Dakota

Through South Dakota, the route runs from Rapid City to the North Dakota state line. The route runs concurrent with

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U.S. Route 14 U.S. Route 14 or U.S. Highway 14 (US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States Numbered Highways of 1926. It is about long. It is roughly parallel to Interstate 90 (I-90). The highway's eastern termin ...

from Rapid City at an interchange with Interstate 190/

U.S. Route 16 U.S. Highway 16 (US 16) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway between Rapid City, South Dakota, and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The highway's eastern terminus is at a junction with Interstate 90 (I-90)/ US&nb ...

west through Sturgis en route to

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where it turns north onto U.S. 85. The route then continues in a northerly direction through

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, Redig,

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and

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en route to the North Dakota state line.

North Dakota

Through North Dakota, the route runs from the South Dakota state line to the Montana state line. After crossing the state line, the highway continues north along U.S. 85 through Bowman, Amidon, Belfield (where it intersects

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), Fairfield, Grassy Butte, Watford City and

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before its junction with U.S. 2 just west of Williston. The route then parallels U.S. 2 to the Montana state line.

Montana

Through Montana, the route runs from the North Dakota state line to the Canada–US border. After crossing the state line, the route continues west along U.S. 2 through Bainville en route to Culbertson. In Culbertson the route turns north along

through Froid, Medicine Lake,

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and

Raymond Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷ� ...

before ending at the Port of Raymond.

Future

The extension of

Interstate 27 Interstate 27 (I-27) is an Interstate Highway, entirely in the US state of Texas, running north from Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock to Interstate 40 in Texas, I-40 in Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo. These two cities are the only control cities on I-27 ...

north from Texas call for the route to follow along the expressway.

References

External links

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