Business Loop I-229 South

The westbound beginning of Business Loop I-229 is located at the single point urban interchange (SPUI) joining SD 42 with Interstate 229. Pictured here is the first reassurance assembly that features Downtown in place of Business.

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10th Street westbound at Lowell Avenue.

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Jessica Avenue leads southward from Business Loop I-229/SD 42 (10th Street) west to Cherry Rock Park.

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Business Loop I-229/SD 42 (10th Street) sink toward the Big Sioux River beyond Blauvelt Avenue.

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The second reassurance marker for Business Loop I-229 west resides ahead of Cliff Avenue. Cliff Avenue heads south to McKennan Hospital.

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Westbound 10th Street at Cliff Avenue. Nelson Park occupies the southwest corner of this intersection.

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Fairfax Avenue travels behind Nelson Park to a commercialized intersection with Business Loop I-229/SD 42 (10th Street).

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Business Loop I-229/SD 42 partition into a one way couplet beyond Franklin Avenue.

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A viaduct carries 10th Street over railroad tracks and the Big Sioux River into Downtown Sioux Falls.

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Reid Street ties into the 10th Street elevated highway from 8th Street before it touches down in the Sioux Falls central business district.

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The viaduct descends and intersects 2nd Avenue at River Road.

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Continuing west on Business Loop I-229/SD 42 (10th Street) to Phillips Avenue in Downtown Sioux Falls.

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Next on 10th Street west is the signalized intersection with Main Avenue.

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Dakota Avenue leads north one block to Sioux Falls city hall and south from Business Loop I-229 (10th Street) one block to Washington Pavilion.

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Business Loop I-229 and SD 42 (10th Street) split at SD 115 (Minnesota Avenue), where historically U.S. 16/77 intersected. Minnesota Avenue carries Business Spur I-90/SD 115 north toward Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) and I-90.

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Business Loop I-229 joins SD 115 (Minnesota Avenue) south from 10th Street back to I-229. SD 42 (10th Street) continues west alongside Business Spur I-29 through the Pettigrew Heights neighborhood.

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Business Loop I-229 south overtakes Minnesota Avenue from the ending Business Spur I-90, one block ahead of SD 42 east and BL I-229 north on 11th Street.

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11th Street leads east to Washington Pavilion, the Whittier neighborhood, I-229 and the state maintained portion of SD 42 along Arrowhead Parkway.

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14th Street lines the south end of Downtown east from Minnesota Avenue. The street ends three blocks to the west in the Pettigrew Heights neighborhood.

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Advancing south across a BNSF Railroad line, Business Loop I-229 reaches the traffic light at 18th Street. 18th Street heads west to the Sanford USD Medical Center and east through the All Saints neighborhood.

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Reassurance markers, the first for the Downtown Loop I-229/SD 115 overlap, appear along Minnesota Avenue south after 18th Street.

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26th Street connects Minnesota Avenue with the Hayes Historic District and McKennan Park to the east and the Park Ridge neighborhood to the west.

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Commercialized frontage continues along both sides of Minnesota Avenue south to 33rd Street, where strip malls and larger retail establishments take over.

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Shields for Downtown Loop I-229/SD 115 posted south of 33rd Street.

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37th Street travels west from Phillips Avenue to Kirkeby-Over Stadium, home of Augustana University football.

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41st Street constitutes an east-west commercial boulevard from Minnesota Avenue west to Interstate 29 by The Empire Mall. The street continues east to Cliff Avenue and the Rose Hill Addition neighborhood.

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The final Downtown Loop I-229 shield was missing from the assembly posted south of 41st Street.

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An end shield formally marks the conclusion of Downtown Loop I-229 as Minnesota Avenue enters the diamond interchange with Interstate 229.

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Interstate 229 angles southwest to merge with I-29 in 4.3 miles. Two additional exits southbound serve the Lincoln County section of Sioux Falls.

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