page_title: Williston, North Dakota
section_title: Highways
hierarchical_section_title: Williston, North Dakota / Infrastructure / Transportation / Highways
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Route 2 / U.S. Route 85 on the outskirts of w:Williston, North Dakota. This file was uploaded with Commonist.
context_page_description: Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2010 census gave its population as 14,716, and the Census Bureau gave the 2019 estimated population as 29,033, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The North Dakota oil boom is largely responsible for the sharp increase in population.
  Williston's newspapers, both in print and online, are the daily Williston Herald and the weekly The Williston Trader. Williston is the home of Williston State College and the Miss North Dakota Scholarship Pageant.
context_section_description: US 2 runs through the city. US 85 bypasses the city to the northwest, and US 85B bypasses the city to the northeast. ND 1804 runs through the southern portion of the city and is concurrent with US 2 between 143rd Avenue, and 2nd Street.
caption: US 2 and US 85 at Williston
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