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National Weather Service Grand Forks is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 35 counties in the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota. [1] The office is in charge of weather forecasts, warnings and local statements as well as aviation weather.
Former Canadian border station, Northgate. In 1962, the building of Highway 8 realigned the road to 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the previous crossing. [4] After being idle for years, the Canadian National Railway upgraded its tracks at this crossing to support rail traffic from the Bakken oil field.
It is located along the CanAm Highway: U.S. Route 85 on the American side and Saskatchewan Highway 35 on the Canadian side. It is the westernmost border crossing in the state of North Dakota . It is a lightly-used crossing with the reduction in local population due to agricultural automation and the 1984 closure of the Fortuna Air Force Station .
The customs office, established in 1913, was housed in the Public Building about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of the border. The office operated under the administrative oversight of the Port of North Portal. A facility was not constructed at the border until 1937. The status was upgraded to Port of Estevan in 1950. [1]
The South Dakota Highway Patrol shared a photo of a semi that had run off Interstate 29 near the town of Sisseton. The scene exemplified the weather challenges drivers of giant vehicles have faced ...
It is reached by North Dakota Highway 28 on the American side and Saskatchewan Highway 8 on the Canadian side. This is the easternmost border crossing in Saskatchewan ; the Saskatchewan- Manitoba -North Dakota tripoint is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of this border crossing.
[11] [12] Several major highways, including part of Highway 47, Saskatchewan Highway 56, and the Trans-Canada Highway near Sintaluta were closed due to flooding damage. [ 13 ] By June 21, Estevan had recorded 324 mm (12.8 in) of rain since May 1, making it the wettest two-month May–June period on record, while the average annual rainfall in ...
The introduction of large highway transport trucks led to a significant expansion in northbound freight. [1] This crossing, the only 24-hour one on the North Dakota–Saskatchewan border, is the second-busiest in North Dakota. [8] CP transports considerable freight volumes over this crossing. [citation needed]