South Dakota Highway 71 (SD 71) 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
Fall River County,
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 travels from the
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
state line (where it continues as
N-2/
N-71 N71 may refer to:
Roads
* N71 road (Ireland)
* Nebraska Highway 71, in the United States
Other uses
* N71 (Long Island bus)
* Nokia N71
The Nokia N71 is a smartphone announced by Nokia on 2 November 2005 and released in June 2006. It was No ...
through the
Black Hills National Forest
Black Hills National Forest is located in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming, United States. The forest has an area of over 1.25 million acres (5,066 km²) and is managed by the Forest Service. Forest headquarters are locate ...
) to
U.S. Route 18 Bypass (US 18 Byp.) in
Hot Springs
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...
. It is part of a triple state highway serving South Dakota, Nebraska, and
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
.
Route description
SD 71's southern terminus is at the Nebraska border in
Black Hills National Forest
Black Hills National Forest is located in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming, United States. The forest has an area of over 1.25 million acres (5,066 km²) and is managed by the Forest Service. Forest headquarters are locate ...
where it has the same number.
In the forest, the route meets the terminus of
South Dakota Highway 471
South Dakota Highway 471 (SD 471) is a state highway in western Fall River, South Dakota, United States, that connects Highway 71 (SD 71), southeast of Rumford, with U.S. Route 18 (US 18), in Edgemont.
Route descr ...
. After that, it leaves the forest and ends at US 18 Byp. in
Hot Springs
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...
.
History
The road was originally commissioned in 1936 as part of
South Dakota Highway 87
South Dakota Highway 87 (SD 87) is a state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota. It travels through the Black Hills region. The highway's southern terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 385 ...
. Part of that highway was given the SD 71 designation in 1962.
Major intersections
See also
*
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 hig ...
References
External links
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071
Transportation in Fall River County, South Dakota