South Dakota

Updates February 18, 2020 – South Dakota

Continuing site work for the Upper Midwest/Great Plains in preparation for an upcoming roadtrip, shifted focus to South Dakota and the Sioux Falls area. Replaced all April 20, 2007 photos on the southbound guide for Interstate 229 with photos from our previous trip to the state in August 2016. Also added photos covering all of I-90 eastbound in Minnehaha County and westbound from [...]

By |2020-02-18T13:54:31-05:00February 18th, 2020|South Dakota, Updates|Comments Off on Updates February 18, 2020 – South Dakota

Observations from the road: Fargo to Omaha

Day five of our Midwest/Great Plains trip took us from a start in West Fargo southward along the I-29 corridor to the Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska area. A cloudy and drizzly morning appeared to be setting the stage for another murky day, but as it progressed, the clouds finally lifted resulting in a great day to explore some roads. Construction is underway along Business Loop I-94 & U.S. [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:53-05:00July 9th, 2015|Highways, Interstate Highways, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, U. S. Highways|Comments Off on Observations from the road: Fargo to Omaha

Rocky Mountains Dec ’07 part VI

South Dakota. US-16 and interstate 90. And a wee bit of Wyoming and Colorado in the evening. December 2007. Grim winter. 18×18 I-90 shield. 1957 specs. And, more interestingly, an embossed arrow to point the way. Since the 1957 specification called for white, not blue, arrows, they took a 1948-spec arrow that they had lying around and used it to point to the new freeway. This is the sign find [...]

By |2018-01-17T09:32:08-05:00September 15th, 2010|Colorado, Interstate Highways, South Dakota, U. S. Highways, Wyoming|3 Comments

Rocky Mountains Dec ’07 part V

East along I-80 in Nebraska, then north along I-29 into South Dakota, then westbound on I-90 – all the while looking for old signs. First thing in the morning. US highway 30 eastbound in western Nebraska. We follow 30 for a while because it’s a mile or two away from I-80 and more likely to have old signs. It may or may not be rather cold. Catch of the day! [...]

By |2018-01-17T09:31:45-05:00September 8th, 2010|Interstate Highways, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, U. S. Highways|2 Comments

On the Move with South Dakota

We've updated our South Dakota highway guides to include photos taken last April in southeast and northeastern parts of the state, including the city of Sioux Falls. New guides cover 100 miles or so of Interstate 29, Interstate 90 east from I-29 to Minnesota, some of the Business, or "Downtown", Loop and Spurs in Sioux Falls, and the Interstate 229 loop freeway. The new guides join the original Rapid City [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:21:06-05:00March 28th, 2008|South Dakota|Comments Off on On the Move with South Dakota

Upper Midwest Trip – Day 3 (Minneapolis, MN to Fargo, ND)

Spent the morning in west Minneapolis and then headed west to Fargo and south to Sisseton, South Dakota. Heavy rains washed out the majority of the afternoon as I returned east along state highways and U.S. 12. As usual, some highlights and photos are found below. While Minnesota 100 is a full freeway now, elements of its past as a lesser route remain in the form of old [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:21:54-05:00May 2nd, 2007|Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota|Comments Off on Upper Midwest Trip – Day 3 (Minneapolis, MN to Fargo, ND)

Upper Midwest Trip – Day 1 (Omaha, NE to Minneapolis, MN)

Started the day in west Omaha on U.S. 275 and U.S. 6 (West Dodge Road) and quickly departed for Minneapolis by way of Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Worthington, Albert Lea, and Faribault to the Twin Cities. As written about in a previous post, the West Dodge Road freeway is now wholly complete between U.S. 275 and Interstate 680. The final portion of this project are the twin viaducts carrying U.S. [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:21:55-05:00April 29th, 2007|Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota|5 Comments

Omaha-Minnesota Trip

Just got back from a five-day trip to Omaha, Minneapolis, and the Upper Midwest. I will post photos and observations from my travels over the next few blog posts. Here's a taste of what I saw. 'The worst state highway ever,' South Dakota 10 between Interstate 29 and Minnesota 28. Not only does the road become a gravel stripeless road, but at one point South Dakota 10 transitions [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:21:55-05:00April 26th, 2007|South Dakota|4 Comments
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