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  highway Name Highway 54 ''(Historic)''
  length Mi 16
  established 1926 (approx)
  decommissioned 1960 (approx)
  direction A West
  starting Terminus Bonesteel
  direction B East
  ending Terminus Nebraska border
  previous Type SD
  previous Route 53
  next Type SD
  next Route 55


South Dakota Highway 54 was a short state route in southeast Gregory County, South Dakota .


HISTORY

South Dakota 54 was implemented around 1926 as part of the state highway network. Its western terminus was at South Dakota Highway 50 (present day U.S. Highway 18 ) at Bonesteel. It ran south and east through Fairfax to the Nebraska border. By 1935, it was pulled back to Fairfax, at the intersection with the new U.S. Highway 281 .

Around 1953, due to the pending flooding of its old alignment, U.S. 18 was rerouted south onto this route, and SD 54 was limited to a 1-mile segment north of the border. This last segment was eliminated around 1960, when U.S. 281 was rerouted onto it.


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