Title 24 — Highways, Bridges, and Ferries

A board having jurisdiction as described in this chapter, and the governing body of a city, may designate a road under its jurisdiction as a minimum maintenance road in accordance with sections 24-07-35 through 24-07-37. The designation may be made only if the board or governing …

The body making a designation of a minimum maintenance road shall post signs at the beginning of the road and at regular intervals along the road. The signs must conform to standards adopted by the director by rule. If the signs are properly posted, that fact is prima facie evide…

A road is not eligible for designation as a minimum maintenance road if federal highway aid to this state would be reduced as a result of that designation. A road is not eligible for that designation if additional right of way or easement by eminent domain is required for constru…

The expense of constructing a bridge built as provided in section 24-08-01 must be paid out of the county bridge fund, if such bridge is accepted and approved by the board of county commissioners.

The county shall furnish and install, at county expense, such culverts as are necessary to be used along township roads at points of intersection with established drains, in accordance with sections 24-08-01 and 24-08-02.

1. Each bridge built under the provisions of section 24-08-01 is under the supervision of the board of county commissioners, and the county shall pay the cost of rebuilding or repairing these bridges. 2. If the cost of rebuilding or repairing a bridge would exceed two hundred tho…

Bridges erected or maintained by the public constitute a part of the public highway.

Whenever one-third of the resident taxpayers of any county, as appears by the last preceding assessment roll of the county, petition the board of county commissioners requesting an appropriation to build a bridge across any navigable river on the line of the county, setting forth…

When one-half, or such other proportion as may be provided, of the cost of a bridge to be constructed as provided in section 24-08-05 is provided by any municipality within this state, it may issue bonds for this purpose in accordance with chapter 21-03. In case the limit of inde…

The county treasurer of each county wherein any city has constructed a bridge, or hereafter shall construct a bridge, over any navigable stream, shall pay to the auditor of such city whereby such bridge has been constructed or is about to be constructed, all money in the county t…

Repealed by S.L. 2023, ch. 270, § 4.

Any county or municipality within this state desiring to assist in the construction, maintenance, or repair of a bridge over a navigable river, regardless of whether such county or municipality borders the river at the point where the bridge is to be built, by a majority vote of …

Repealed by S.L. 1953, ch. 177, § 120.

Repealed by S.L. 1953, ch. 177, § 120.

A bridge replacing the bridge between Mandan and Bismarck presently known as the liberty memorial bridge is designated the liberty memorial bridge upon the completion of the replacement bridge.

Repealed by S.L. 1953, ch. 177, § 120. 24-09-01.1. Standard railroad crossing warning systems - Survey for additional warning systems. The standard warning system at each public highway-railroad grade crossing must be railroad crossbucks and advance warning signs designed and loc…

The department shall adopt and prescribe uniform warning systems in conformity with sections 39-13-06 and 39-13-07 for use at public grade crossings in this state which will be deemed adequate and appropriate warning of the existence and nature of such grade crossings for all pur…

At each grade crossing in this state hereafter established and at each grade crossing where and when the existing crossing signs are replaced, the railway company operating the railroad thereat shall erect and maintain on the highway on each side of the railroad track or tracks, …

The sole signing duty of the road authority, except as otherwise designated by the commission under section 24-09-08, at public grade crossings in the state is the erection and maintenance of advance warning signs in accordance with the manual on uniform traffic control devices. …

At each grade crossing where, because of the dangers attendant upon its use, the reasonable protection to life and property makes it necessary for all persons approaching the same to stop before crossing the railroad tracks thereat, stop signs shall be installed. The department, …

Repealed by S.L. 1961, ch. 206, § 3.

The commission, upon written application made to it by the director, the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of supervisors of any township, any municipality, the railroad company, or upon its own motion, shall investigate and determine whether any railroad gra…

In order to promote public safety at intersections of railroad lines and all classes of highways, the department shall apportion the cost of automatic grade crossing protection devices in accordance with this section. In the event that the commission in accordance with the provis…

The department, so far as practicable, shall secure uniformity in the devices used to protect grade crossings. No such devices may be installed until the same have been approved by the department. Except for devices prescribed under section 24-09-08, all devices installed, which …

The commission may require any railroad to construct and maintain overhead or underground crossings and separate grades when in its opinion the interest and safety of the public require, and may apportion the costs therefor in such manner as the commission deems proper, and no ov…

No person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company may place or maintain any advertising sign or other similar obstruction upon, over, or adjacent to any highway between any approach sign and the grade crossing which it marks, nor may any person, firm, corporation, or lim…

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673. 24-09-14. Failure to stop at crossing does not affect right to recover for injuries - Penalty. Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.

Whenever the erection of cattle guards is necessary to complete an enclosure which includes land on both sides of any highway in the state, except a highway which has been designated as part of the state highway system, or to cross a section line pursuant to section 24-06-28, the…

Before any cattle guard and gateway may be erected across any highway or section line as authorized in section 24-10-01, the board of county commissioners or board of township supervisors, as the case may be, shall approve written specifications of the cattle guard and gateway. S…

Any person who opens and fails to close promptly any gate provided for in this chapter is guilty of an infraction.

The board having authority to permit the erection of a cattle guard and gateway across any highway or section line also has authority to cause the same to be removed, if the same is not kept in repair, or if in the judgment of said board, it becomes necessary to remove the cattle…

If the cattle guard and gateway provided for in section 24-10-01 are sought to be erected upon any township or county line, the governing boards of the adjacent territory shall exercise joint authority and jurisdiction and the proceedings required in section 24-10-02 must be take…

Upon application to the board of county commissioners of any county or the board of township supervisors of any organized township, by any person, for permission to construct a cattle way under any public road, such board may grant the same upon condition that the cattle way may …

If the person on whose land a cattle way is constructed fails to keep the cattle way in repair, the overseer of highways shall make all necessary repairs and shall charge the expenses to the person who requested the way be constructed or to that person's assignee. Upon refusal by…

The board granting an application to construct a cattle way may prescribe such further regulations and specifications in the construction of such way as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 24-10-06 and 24-10-07.

No person may willfully dig up, remove, displace, break, or otherwise injure or destroy any public highway, right of way, or bridge, or any rest area, picnic area, or tourist camp, or improvements thereon, operated in connection with a public highway, or any private way laid out …

No person may: 1. Obstruct any public highway in any manner with intent to prevent the free use thereof by the public; 2. Willfully and knowingly obstruct or plow up, or cause to be obstructed or plowed up, any public highway or right of way, except by order of the officials havi…

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 277, § 21.

No person may remove, injure, or destroy any mileboard, milestone, or guidepost, traffic-control signals, signs, or markings, or any inscription thereon, erected or placed upon any highway, road, or street by any public authority or by any contractor, subcontractor, or employee e…

The director or any political subdivision of this state is hereby authorized to offer a reward, the amount of which must be determined by the director or the governing body of the political subdivision not exceeding, however, the sum of three hundred dollars, for any information …

Any person who violates any provision of this title for which another penalty is not specifically prescribed is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Repealed by S.L. 1975, ch. 106, § 673.

For the purpose of this chapter, a temporary roadblock means any structure, device, or means used by police, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, game wardens, highway patrol troopers, agents of the federal bureau of investigation, or officers of the United States border patrol, for the pu…

The duly authorized law enforcement officers are hereby authorized to establish in their respective jurisdictions, or in other jurisdictions within the state, temporary roadblocks upon the highways, roads, and streets of this state for the purpose of apprehending persons wanted f…

For the purpose of warning and protecting the traveling public, the minimum requirements to be met by such officers establishing temporary roadblocks are: 1. The temporary roadblock must be established at a point on the highway clearly visible at a distance of not less than three…

Nothing in this chapter may be deemed to limit or encroach upon the existing authority of North Dakota law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties involving traffic control and criminal apprehension.

Any person who proceeds or travels through a roadblock without submitting to the traffic control so established is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

The legislative assembly declares that the establishment, use, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to the state highway system should be controlled to protect the public health, welfare, and morals; conserve the public investment in such highways; promote the safety an…

1. "Automobile graveyard" means any establishment or place of business or location that is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, abandoned, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles, motor vehicle parts, or machinery of all types. 2.…

No junkyards, automobile graveyards, or scrap metal processing facilities may be established and maintained within one thousand feet [304.8 meters] of the nearest edge of the right of way of a highway on the state highway system unless permission has been granted by the director.…