Rural Utilities Service EA Center to Grand Forks Project Appendix D: Route Segment Descriptions November 2010 D-1 Appendix D Center to Grand Forks Project Rural Utilities Service EA This page intentionally left blank. Appendix D D-2 November 2010 Rural Utilities Service EA Center to Grand Forks Project Table D-1. Route A Segments Segment Length Description ID (Miles) Leaves the Center Substation and heads northeast cross country and ends at 33rd Ave S001 0.5 SW. Segment follows half-section lines and crosses pasture land west to east for S002 7.0 approximately 7 miles. Crosses State Highway 25. Heads north following the half-section lines for approximately 5.5 miles approximately S005 5.5 0.5 miles west of State Highway 41. Crosses a 400 kV transmission line, 9th St SW, Painted Woods Creek. S007 0.5 Heads east parallel 12th St NE for 0.5 miles. Heads north cross country for approximately 1.3 miles and turns east for approximately 2.1 miles running parallel and crossing State Hwy 41. Segment turns north and is S009 6.3 parallel on the east side of State Hwy 41 for approximately 2.9 miles. Segment crosses the McClusky Canal. S013 6.0 Heads north cross country for approximately 6 miles and parallel to State Highway 41. Heads east south of 3rd Ave NW parallel a 230 kV transmission line for approximately 1 S015 1.0 mile. Heads east south of 3rd Ave NW parallel a 230 kV transmission line for approximately 1 S016 1.0 mile. Heads east cross country and following field lines for approximately 25.5 crossing the S022 26.6 McClusky Canal and State Highway 14. Then heads north for approximately 1 mile parallel to State Highway 3. Heads north 1 mile, turns east for 15.5 miles crossing US Highway 52, continues north S025 18.4 for 1.5 miles, and heads east for 0.4 miles. Heads east across the quarter section for 25.5 miles, turns south for 1.5 miles, turns S026 43.8 east crossing the James River for 4 miles, turns south for 0.8 miles, continues east along section lines for approximately 12 miles crossing a railroad. Heads south for 3 miles following 4th Street NE and turns east along 30th Avenue NE for S032 5.5 2.5 miles. S033 2.9 Heads east along 3rd Street NE west of State Highway 20. S035 3.5 Heads east along 3rd Street NE east of State Highway 20. S037 3.5 Heads east along 9th Street NE. Heads east parallel 12th St NE and cross country for 4 miles crossing the Sheyenne S045 4.0 River. Heads north cross county for 1 mile and turns east following the half-section field lines S053 2.0 for 1 mile. S055 4.0 Heads east parallel to 12th St NE for 4 miles crossing State Highway 45. S061 2.3 Segment heads northeast for about 2.3 miles crossing 22nd ST SW. Heads north following field lines for about 1.5 miles crossing an existing 345 kV S063 1.5 transmission line and 292nd Ave NW. S064 1.0 Heads west to east following field lines and cross county for 1 mile. S066 1.1 Heads north following half-section lines for 1.1 miles. Appendix D Page D-3 November 2010 Center to Grand Forks Project Rural Utilities Service EA Segment Length Description ID (Miles) Heads north-south along the half–section 0.5 miles east of State Highway 32 for 4.9 S081 4.9 miles. Heads east parallel 5th Avenue NE for 15.8 miles crossing the Goose River, BNSF S089 15.8 Railroad, and State Highway 18. S098 2.5 Heads north cross country and crosses the northwest portion of Yanktonai Lake. Heads north for 0.5 miles crossing an existing 41.6 kV line, State Highway 83 and S101 0.5 Yanktonai Creek. Heads cross country north between 19th Avenue SW and 17th Avenue SW just north of S106 1.0 State Highway 83. Heads east cross country for approximately 1.5 miles and crosses 17th Ave SW and the S110 1.5 DMVW railroad. Heads west to east cross country for approximately 4 miles and crosses 15th Ave SW, S112 4.0 14th Ave SW and 13th Ave SW. S114 1.5 Heads north cross country for approximately 1.5 miles and crosses 14th. Heads cross country on a northeast diagonal for approximately 9.1 miles. Segment S116 9.1 crosses State Highway 200, 41.6 kV line, 6th St NW, 2nd Ave SW and 9th St NW. S120 2.6 Heads east cross country between 10th Street NE and 11th Street NE for 2.6 miles. Heads north along 10th Avenue NE for 3 miles and continues east along 12th Street NE S123 5.5 for 2.5 miles. S129 7.6 Heads east along 12th Street NE crossing State Highway 1. Heads cross country diagonally to the northwest for 3.9 miles with 0.5 miles within the S135 3.9 City of Aneta. Segment ends south of Aneta. Heads cross country diagonally to the northeast for 3.7 miles crossing Goose Creek S137 3.7 and State Highway 15. S148 4.7 Heads northeast diagonally cross country for 4.7 miles. S151 0.8 Heads north cross country for 0.8 miles. S153 3.5 Heads north for 3.2 miles parallel to 19th Street NE and turns east for 0.3 miles. Heads east cross country for 4.5 miles, turns north 0.5 miles, turns and continues east S156 6.0 1 mile north of 17th Ave S. S158 0.6 Heads east 0.6 miles cross country into the Prairie Substation. Heads east through quarter sections between 9th Avenue NE and 8th Avenue NE for 1.9 S159 7.3 miles, turns northeast for 0.3 miles, and then continues east for 5.1 miles. Heads northeast on a diagonal cross country for approximately 0.6 miles and crosses S160 0.6 10th St NE. Heads east for 1.5 miles parallel 5th Avenue NE and heads north for 1.2 miles following S163 2.7 half-section lines. Heads north for about 0.4 miles following half-section lines, turns east for 1.5 miles S164 1.9 crossing 31st St. November 2010 Page D-4 Appendix D Rural Utilities Service EA Center to Grand Forks Project Table D-2. Route B Segments Segment Length Description ID (Miles) S001 0.5 Leaves the Center Substation and heads northeast cross country and ends at 33rd Ave SW. Segment follows half-section lines and crosses pasture land west to east for approximately S002 7.0 7 miles. Crosses State Highway 25. Heads north following the half-section lines for approximately 5.5 miles approximately 0.5 S005 5.5 miles west of State Highway 41. Crosses a 400 kV transmission line, 9th St SW, Painted Woods Creek. Heads north cross country for approximately 1.3 miles and turns east for approximately 2.1 miles running parallel and crossing State Hwy 41. Segment turns north and is parallel on the S009 6.3 east side of State Hwy 41 for approximately 2.9 miles. Segment crosses the McClusky Canal. S013 6.0 Heads north cross country for approximately 6 miles and parallel to State Highway 41. S015 1.0 Heads east south of 3rd Ave NW parallel a 230 kV transmission line for approximately 1 mile. S016 1.0 Heads east south of 3rd Ave NW parallel a 230 kV transmission line for approximately 1 mile. Heads east cross country for approximately 6 miles and parallels 3rd St NE crossing 5th Ave S019 6.0 NW, 2nd Ave SW, and 1st Ave NW. Heads east for approximately 19 miles parallel 2nd Ste NE crossing State Highway 14 and parallels State Highway 200 for approximately 0.8 miles before turns north for 2 miles cross S023 35.0 country. Then turns east for 5 miles, turns north for 1.5 miles parallel to 26th Ave SE, and heads east cross country for 7.5 miles. Heads south following half-section lines for 4 miles just west of the Chaseley WPA and S028 32.9 crossing State Highway 200, turns east along the quarter sections 1.5 miles south of State Highway 200 for 28.9 miles crossing Pipestone Creek. Heads south for 1 mile, continues east for 28 miles crossing gas pipeline, US Highway 52, heads north 1 miles, continues east 7 miles crossing State Highway 20, south 1 mile, east 2 S029 59.1 miles, south 0.5 miles, east 6.5 miles parallel Center St, south 0.5 miles, continues east for 10.6 miles crossing State Highway 1. Then heads north for 1 mile southwest of Cooperstown. Heads north cross county for 1 mile and turns east following the half-section field lines for 1 S053 2.0 mile. S060 2.7 Heads east cross country for about 2.7 miles. Heads north cross country for approximately 0.4 miles and continues north east for S062 1.0 approximately 0.2 miles crossing State Highway 1804 and continues north following field lines for 0.4 miles. Heads north following field lines for 1.5 miles crossing an existing 345 kV transmission line S063 1.5 and 292nd Ave NW. S065 2.5 Heads north for 2.5 miles parallel 8th St NW and 19th Ave SW and following field lines. S075 1.5 Heads east parallel to Center Street for 1.5 miles.