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&sq=&lang=&file=File:US_85B.svg) U.S. Highway 85B | |
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| Route information | |
| Auxiliary route of US 85 | |
| Maintained by NDDOT | |
| Length | 8.97 mi (14.44 km) |
| Existed | 2015–present |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |   US 2 / US 85 in Williston |
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| South end |   ND 1804 / CR 9 in Williston |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Dakota |
| Counties | Williams |
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U.S. Route 85B (US 85B) is an approximately nine-mile-long (14 km) temporary auxiliary route of US 85 located entirely within Williams County in the state of North Dakota. The highway serves as an eastern bypass around the city of Williston.[1] The establishment of the route was a temporary solution to the rapid increase in truck traffic in the area due to the North Dakota oil boom. The county plans on eventually replacing the highway with an expressway bypass, dubbed the "Northeastern Truck Reliever Route", once funding is gathered.[2] US 85 already bypasses the city as an expressway to the west.
- ^ "City of Williston Landfill NDDH Title V Air Permit to Operate Application" (PDF). North Dakota Department of Health. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ City of Williston (September 21, 2016). "§2.10.1 Existing Truck Routes". Williston Regional Transportation Plan (PDF) (Draft). City of Williston. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2016.