North Dakota Highway 15 begins in
Fessenden at an intersection with
US 52 and travels east for about before beginning a concurrency with
ND 30 for . After the concurrency ends, ND 15 heads east for before leaving
Wells County and entering
Eddy County. Seven miles east of the county line, ND 15 begins a concurrency with
US 281 and heads north for to enter the city of
New Rockford. Just north of New Rockford, ND 15 turns east and travels about across nearly all of Eddy County to begin a concurrency with
ND 20. The concurrency heads north for before ND 20 forks north and ND 15 forks east. farther east, the route enters
Nelson County. east of the county line, ND 15 reaches the community of
Pekin. East of Pekin, the highway intersects
ND 1. About to the southeast of this intersection, ND 15 passes through
McVille and about east of McVille, the highway has a junction with
ND 32. The Nelson-
Grand Forks county line is east of this intersection. into Grand Forks County, ND 15 begins a concurrency with
ND 18. The route heads east during this concurrency, passing through
Northwood. After the concurrency ends, the highway heads east, north, and east before entering
Thompson, a southern suburb of
Grand Forks. The highway ends east of Thompson at an interchange with
Interstate 29 about west of the
Red River of the North. The only section of North Dakota Highway 15 that is included in the
National Highway System is its concurrency with
US 281, which is long. ND 15 is one of the less traveled highways in North Dakota, with average traffic in 2011 at about 200-600 vehicles per day with about 1000-2500 vehicles per day during its concurrency with US 281 and in
Grand Forks County. ==History==