Highway Department
The Morton County Highway Department maintains the county’s roads, signs, and bridges with 29 employees operating from four maintenance shops located in Mandan, Glen Ullin, New Salem, and Flasher. The department includes engineering, GIS, administrative, mechanical, signage, and equipment operations staff dedicated to maintaining safe and efficient transportation infrastructure throughout the county.
Morton County is the seventh-largest county in North Dakota, encompassing 1,936 square miles. The county includes six incorporated cities — Mandan (the county seat), Hebron, Glen Ullin, New Salem, Almont, and Flasher — along with five unincorporated communities and more than 100 residential subdivisions. Morton County also contains 60 complete and partial townships, the majority of which are unorganized and governed by the Morton County Commission.
The Highway Department operates under the oversight of two county commissioners and is committed to maintaining a safe, reliable, and cost-effective road and bridge system for residents and visitors across Morton County.
All policies may be viewed at the Highway Department Office.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How close can I put my fence to a county road?
A: It depends on the road. The Planning & Zoning GIS Map has lots of information, including the planned right of way width for every maintained road in Morton County. Follow this link to the map. Zoom into the area of road you're asking about. Be sure the "Roads" layer is checked/activated in the map layer list at the upper right of the map frame. Then click on the road of interest within the map. Sometimes you have turn off other layers in the layer list in order to be able to "reach" the road layer to click it. Once you successfully click on the road, a table will pop up. At the bottom of the table, is a field called "Proposed_ROW". If the Proposed_ROW field says "50" then you can install your fence 50 feet away from the centerline of the road. If it says "60" then you can install your fence 60 feet away from the centerline of the road.
