South Dakota Highway 471 (SD 471) is a
state highway in western
Fall River
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state.
Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...
,
South Dakota
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, United States, that connects
Highway 71 (SD 71), southeast of
Rumford, with
U.S. Route 18 (US 18), in
Edgemont.
Route description
SD 471 begins at a junction with SD 71 in the
Oglala National Grassland
The Oglala National Grassland is a United States National Grassland in the northwest corner of Nebraska. It is in northern Sioux and northwestern Dawes counties, on the borders with South Dakota and Wyoming. It is in size and is one of the sma ...
. The highway travels northwest through the community of Rumford before turning west and passing through
Provo. Here, SD 471 veers north and enters the city of
Edgemont as 3rd Street before turning into 2nd Avenue. The designation continues west onto A Street, passing through Edgemont before briefly turning north on 6th Avenue to terminate at US 18.
Legal description
The legal description of SD 471 has been
codified by the
South Dakota Legislature
The South Dakota State Legislature is the legislative branch of the government of South Dakota. It is a bicameral legislative body, consisting of the South Dakota Senate, which has 35 members, and the South Dakota House of Representatives, whic ...
:
31-4-244. State Highway 471 from State Highway 71 to U.S. Highway 18. The state trunk highway system includes the following in Fall River County:
From a point on State Highway 71 north of Ardmore near the southeast corner of section eight, township eleven south, range four east, thence northwest via Edgemont to a point on U.S. Highway 18 in Edgemont in the southwest quarter of section thirty-six, township eight south, range two east.
Traffic
In 2018, the
South Dakota Department of Transportation
The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) is a Government of South Dakota, state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of South Dakota. South Dakota has 82,447 miles of highways, roads and ...
(SDDOT) measured the amount of traffic on its highways in
average annual daily traffic
Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a ...
. SD 471 had an average of 79 vehicles along its southern section (south of Fort Igloo Road
orth of Provo, an average of 200 vehicles along its mid section (between Fort Igloo Road and A Street in Edgemont), and an average of 1,012 vehicles along A Street in Edgemont.
National Highway System
SD 471 is not part of the
National Highway System (NHS), a system of highways important to the nation's defense, economy, and mobility.
History
SD 471 was designated in 1976. It was previously a portion of
Highway 52, which had been used on this route from 1951 to 1975.
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
South Dakota Highways Page: Highways 201-1806
471
Transportation in Fall River County, South Dakota
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