Site Navigation Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming     South Dakota 42, Business Spur I-29, Business Loop I-229 East Business Spur Interstate 29 & South Dakota 42 East South Dakota 42 gains Business Spur Interstate 29 east from its SPUI with Interstate 29 (Exit 79) in west Sioux Falls. The two continue along a busy commercial arterial to the Big Sioux River. The reassurance shield is signed as a trailblazer, even though it is posted on 12th Street east, because in 2006 the state highway and South Dakota 115 were turned over to the city of Sioux Falls within its limits. Thus Business Spur Interstate 29 & South Dakota 42 technically do not exist, even though signage remains along 12th Street. Photo taken 04/20/07. The first Business Loop Interstate 29 eastbound shield posted on South Dakota 42 (12th Street) east. Many shields in Sioux Falls display Downtown in place of Business. Photo taken 04/20/07. Lyons Boulevard intersects Business Spur Interstate 29 & South Dakota 42 (12th Street) amid an array of traveler services and other retail establishments. Lyons Boulevard links 12th Street with Madison Street to the north. Photo taken 04/20/07. Business Spur Interstate 29 & South Dakota 42 transition from four-lane 12th Street to the one-way street couplet of 11th Street (east) and 10th Street (west). Pictured here is a pair of reassurance shields on 10th Street after Menlo Avenue. Photo taken 04/20/07. Entering downtown Sioux Falls, Business Spur Interstate 29 east reaches its end point at junction South Dakota 115 (Minnesota Avenue). Photo taken 04/20/07. South Dakota 115 represents the old alignment of U.S. 77 through the city of Sioux Falls. The state highway carries Business Loop Interstate 229 south and Business Spur Interstate 90 north away from downtown. Photo taken 04/20/07. 11th Street east at Minnesota Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls. Business Loop Interstate 229 turns east and joins South Dakota 42 from South Dakota 115 back to Interstate 229. Photo taken 04/20/07. Business Loop Interstate 229 & South Dakota 42 East South Dakota 42 eastbound shield posted between Minnesota and Dakota Avenues. Photo taken 04/20/07. Washington Pavilion, an arts and science center, resides on the southeast corner of 11th Street and Dakota Avenue. Photo taken 04/20/07. Continuing east on 11th Street, Business Loop Interstate 229 & South Dakota 42 intersect Main Avenue. Photo taken 04/20/07. Business Loop Interstate 229 & South Dakota 42 (11th Street) east at the intersection with Phillips Avenue. Photo taken 04/20/07. Business Loop Interstate 229 emerges from obscurity along 11th Street in this assembly after 1st Avenue. Photo taken 04/20/07. 11th Street meets 2nd Avenue on the west side of the Big Sioux River. 2nd Avenue heads south from River Road to McKennan Park. A viaduct carries Business Loop Interstate 229 & South Dakota 42 east across the river and the adjacent BNSF Railroad. Photo taken 04/20/07. The 11th Street viaduct touches down at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and 10th Street. Business Loop Interstate 229 & South Dakota 42 follow four-lane 10th Street east to Interstate 229. Photo taken 04/20/07. 10th Street east at Fairfax Avenue opposite Nelson Park. Photo taken 04/20/07. Business Loop Interstate 229 & South Dakota 42 (10th Street) east at Cliff Avenue. Photo taken 04/20/07. 10th Street levels out beyond the signalized intersection with Blauvelt Avenue. Photo taken 04/20/07. The next traffic light with 10th Street is at Jessica Avenue north of Cherry Rock Park. Photo taken 04/20/07. Traveler services line the Business Loop as 10th Street nears junction Interstate 229 at Lowell Avenue. Photo taken 04/20/07. An end shield coincides with the junction Interstate 229 shield assembly on Business Loop Interstate 229 & South Dakota 42 (10th Street) east. Photo taken 04/20/07. A single point urban interchange (SPUI) facilitates the movements between 10th Street and Interstate 229 below. The southbound on-ramp departs first for the south suburbs and Interstate 29 to Tea and Sioux City. Photos taken 04/20/07. 10th Street east at the northbound on-ramp to Interstate 229 from South Dakota 42 & Business Loop 229 east. South Dakota 42 continues another three miles before exiting the eastern suburbs. Photo taken 04/20/07. Page Updated March 27, 2008.