South Dakota Highway 22

Highway 22 marker

Highway 22

Route of SD 22 (in red)
Route information
Defined by SDCL §31-4-147
Maintained by SDDOT
Length: 50.548 mi[1] (81.349 km)
Existed: 1926 – present
Major junctions
West end: Hazel
East end: MN 68 at the Minnesota border
Location
Counties: Hamlin, Deuel
Highway system

South Dakota Highways

SD 21SD 23

South Dakota Highway 22 is a state route in northeast South Dakota. It begins at the town of Hazel, and terminates at the Minnesota border west of Canby, Minnesota, where it becomes Minnesota State Highway 68. It is about 50.5 miles (81.3 km) in length.

Route description

SD 22 begins at an intersection with an unnumbered highway in the town of Hazel in Hamlin County. It heads about nine miles due east before curving southeast to bypass a lake. Two miles east of the lake, SD 22 turns south to begin a concurrency with US 81. Two miles south of here, SD 22 branches east from US 81 and continues east past Castlewood. The highway curves north for a mile, then turns east and heads for Deuel County. Just east of the county line, SD 22 shares an interchange with Interstate 29.[2]

The highway heads east for ten miles and enters Clear Lake. In Clear Lake, SD 22 intersects SD 15. About eleven miles east of the city, the route intersects the southern terminus of SD 101. After this intersection, SD 22 curves to the south for two miles and then turns to the east and enters Minnesota, becoming Minnesota State Highway 68.[2]

History

When designated in the 1920s, South Dakota 22 ran west to east across the entire width of the state, on what is currently U.S. Highway 212. When U.S. 212 was assigned in 1927, SD 22 was moved south onto a new alignment, beginning at South Dakota Highway 45 near Howell, and ending at what was then South Dakota Highway 41 (current U.S. Highway 281) south of Redfield. This route was truncated in the mid-1930s to the current alignment, although there was a northsouth segment between Hazel and U.S. Highway 212. This portion of the segment was deleted in 1992.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
HamlinHazel0.0000.000Begin state maintenance
 13.49221.713 US 81 north WatertownWest end of US 81 concurrency
 15.49624.938 US 81 south ArlingtonEast end of US 81 concurrency
Deuel 27.26443.877 I-29 Fargo, ND, Sioux FallsI-29 exit 164.
Clear Lake37.83360.886 SD 15 Altamont
 48.20577.578 SD 101 north Gary
 50.54881.349 MN 68 east CanbyContinuation into Minnesota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 "State Highway Log" (PDF). Aberdeen region: South Dakota Department of Transportation. January 2011. pp. 78–79. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Google Maps Overview of SD 22". Retrieved October 29, 2012.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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