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North Dakota Department of Transportation

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Type
State DOT — State DOT; its Planning and Asset Management Division holds the Freight and Rail Plan, the rail loan programme and the rail crossing programme
Market · Region
United States · North Dakota
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Track & civil, Signalling & train control

State DOT that holds the rail plan, a rail loan fund and the federal rail grants.

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Writes the State Freight and Rail Plan, runs the rail crossing programme and rail loan programme, and applies for federal rail grants for crossings and short-line track. It owns no railway.

Type
State DOT — State DOT; its Planning and Asset Management Division holds the Freight and Rail Plan, the rail loan programme and the rail crossing programme
Where
North Dakota
Programmes
FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Track & civil, Signalling & train control

Structure

  • funded by FRA — Railroad Crossing Elimination grant, Grand Forks underpass, signed July 2025 (active)
  • funded by FRA — CRISI grant, Independence to Oakes rail replacement, signed June 2023 (active)
Sources for these relationships (2)
  • ● USAspending award 69A36523420130CRSND · FRA CRISI grant to NDDOT, RRVW 3rd Subdivision Independence to Oakes: federal $6,294,964.13, non-federal $2,736,556.87, total $9,031,521; signed 2023-06-30; period ended 2025-03-31 (published 2023-06-30 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● USAspending award 69A36525420530RCEND · FRA Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to NDDOT, Grand Forks grade separation: federal $30,000,000, non-federal $20,625,000, total $50,625,000; signed 2025-07-23; period to 2030-05-31 (published 2025-07-23 · checked 2026-10-08)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Grand Forks 42nd Street rail underpassIn execution$25–100m
Oakes to Independence rail replacementIn execution$5–25m

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  • Award history (3)
  • Entry path
  • Portals (4)
  • Published contacts (2)

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7 sources · 6 primary
  • ● NDDOT Rail Information page · Rail loan programmes (system critical, infrastructure improvement, economic development; maximum loan $5 million), railroad contact list naming BNSF, CPKC, DMVW, DNRR, NPR and RRVW, links to State Freight and Rail Plan and the Highway-Rail Grade Crossing State Action Plan (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● NDDOT Freight and Rail Plan page · Combined State Freight and Rail Plan with appendices including Passenger Rail System, Rail Projects and Freight Investment Plan; filenames dated January 2023 (published 2023-01 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● NDDOT State Funding Programs page · Rail Crossing Program (federal funds, 10% local match, closure match up to $7,500) and Rail Loan Program (Class I railroads not eligible); no fund size stated (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ○ Progressive Railroading on the combined plan · Article of 2 February 2023: first combined freight and rail plan, work began April 2021; used because the plan PDF exceeded the fetch size. Secondary (published 2023-02-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● Senate release on the Oakes rail replacement grant · Release of 2 June 2022: $6.7 million to NDDOT to replace 14.5 miles of rail on the Red River Valley Western near Oakes (published 2022-06-02 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● Governor release on state funding for the Grand Forks underpass · Release of 7 March 2025: NDDOT to provide $20 million from the Flexible Transportation Fund because estimates exceeded $60 million; construction scheduled for 2026, completion 2028 (published 2025-03-07 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● NDDOT news index · NDDOT news releases (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)

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