South Dakota Highway 37

Highway 37
Route of SD 37 (in red)
Route information
Defined by SDCL §31-4-158
Maintained by SDDOT
Length:	242 mi (389 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
South end:	N-14 at the Nebraska border
North end:	ND 1 at the North Dakota border
Location
Counties:	Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Davison, Sanborn, Beadle, Spink, Brown
Highway system
South Dakota Highways ← SD 36 SD 37A →

South Dakota Highway 37 (SD 37) is a state route that runs across eastern South Dakota. It begins at the Nebraska border northeast of Niobrara, Nebraska, as a continuation of Nebraska Highway 14. It runs to the North Dakota border north of Hecla, where it continues as North Dakota Highway 1. It is 242 miles (389 km) in length.

History

South Dakota 37 was in place by 1926, and largely has used the same alignment since. The only significant exception was in northeast South Dakota, where SD 37 originally went westward from Groton to Bath, then north via Columbia to Houghton, where it continued to Hecla. This segment was rerouted to the current alignment by 1929.

On the south end, the road ended at the Missouri River at Running Water. A seasonal ferry was in place to carry traffic across the river. A direct connection via bridge did not open until 1998 when the Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge was completed.

In the early and mid-1930s, the segment between Huron and Tripp was co-numbered as U.S. Route 281. This concurrency was dropped by 1936, when US 281 was realigned further west.

The segment between Huron and Mitchell was upgraded to a 4-lane expressway, and was largely completed by 2004. A minor rerouting around the west end of Mitchell occurred, resulting in a 2-mile (3.2 km) concurrency with Interstate 90.

Legal definition

The route of SD 37 is defined in South Dakota Codified Laws § 31-4-158.^[1]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Bon Homme	​			SD 52 east – Yankton	Western terminus of SD 52
	​			SD 50 east – Tyndall	East end of SD 50 concurrency
	​			SD 50 west – Avon	West end of SD 50 concurrency
	​			SD 46 – Wagner
Hutchinson	​			SD 37A – Tripp
	​			US 18 – Canton
	Parkston			SD 44 – Platte
Davison	​			SD 42 – Ethan
	Mitchell			I-90 east / I-90 Bus. – Sioux Falls	East end of I-90 concurrency, exit 332; I-90 Bus. is a continuation north of the I-90 interchange.
				I-90 west / I-90 Bus. – Rapid City	West end of I-90 concurrency, exit 330; south end of I-90 Bus. concurrency.
				I-90 Bus.	North end of I-90 Bus. concurrency
Sanborn	​			SD 34 east – Artesian	East end of SD 34 concurrency
	​			SD 34 west – Woonsocket	West end of SD 34 concurrency
	​			SD 224 west – Alpena	Western terminus of SD 224
Beadle	Huron			US 14 – Pierre, DeSmet
Beadle–Spink county line	​			SD 28 – Hitchcock
Spink	​			US 212 west – Redfield	West end of US 212 concurrency
	Doland			US 212 east – Clark	East end of US 212 concurrency
	​			SD 20 east – Watertown	South end of SD 20 concurrency
	Conde			SD 20 west – Brentford	North end of SD 20 concurrency
Brown	Groton			US 12 – Aberdeen, Webster
	​			SD 10 east – Britton	East end of SD 10 concurrency
	​			SD 10 west – Leola	West end of SD 10 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "South Dakota Codified Law". Retrieved November 3, 2012.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• South Dakota Highways Page: Highways 31-60