South Dakota Highway 46 is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
, United States, that runs west to east across the southeastern part of the state. It begins at the junction of
U.S. Highway 18 and
U.S. Highway 281 in
Pickstown, and runs due east to nearly the
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
border, before curving south to cross the border and meeting
Iowa Highway 10
Iowa Highway 10 (Iowa 10) is a state highway (Iowa), state highway that runs across the state of Iowa. It begins where South Dakota Highway 46 crosses the Big Sioux River into Iowa north of Hawarden, Iowa, Hawarden. It ends east of Havelock, Iow ...
.
Route description
History
South Dakota 46 was established around 1935. Its initial alignment only extended west to
U.S. Highway 81
U.S. Route 81 or U.S. Highway 81 (US 81) is a major north–south U.S. highway that extends for in the central United States and is one of the original United States Numbered Highways established in 1926 by the American Association of Stat ...
. The extension further west occurred around 1960.
Major intersections
See also
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List of state highways in South Dakota
South Dakota's state highways were assigned in a numbering pattern that followed that of the U.S. Highways followed upon their inception. East–west highways carried even numbers and increased from North to South
– while north–south hi ...
References
External links
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South Dakota Highways Page: Highways 31-60
046
Transportation in Charles Mix County, South Dakota
Transportation in Bon Homme County, South Dakota
Transportation in Yankton County, South Dakota
Transportation in Clay County, South Dakota
Transportation in Turner County, South Dakota
Transportation in Union County, South Dakota
Transportation in Lincoln County, South Dakota