Help! how to get around flooding St.Louis to Rapid City

chuck t · Jul 9, 2011

taking off tomorrow. Hearing roads are closed. best way is 70 to 29 then west on 90, but I hear 29 is closed several places between KC and Sioux Falls. What is my best route around this? getting confused looking at the web.

rustyfarmall · Jul 9, 2011

(quoted from post at 14:03:49 07/09/11) taking off tomorrow. Hearing roads are closed. best way is 70 to 29 then west on 90, but I hear 29 is closed several places between KC and Sioux Falls. What is my best route around this? getting confused looking at the web.

I 29 IS closed. Your best bet I think is to go straight north from St. Louis up to I 80, west to I 35, north to I 90.

There are plenty of GOOD roads that will take you there, and the BEST roads may NOT be interstate highways.

Rand-McNally road maps are better than anything on the internet.

Tom in NE · Jul 9, 2011

I'm thinking....I-35 up to I-80 and then thru the Nebraska sandhills to Rapid City. We just got back from Iowa and Council Bluffs seems like the only place to cross. The big Interstate billboards all displayed that I-29 was closed all the way to Souix City and to use I-35 as an alternate route.
Tom

Deere Scotty · Jul 9, 2011

Might try contacting the State Transportation Departments of those states you wish to travel through. Indiana normally posts information on the net for road construction zones, & temporary closures for that & other reasons such as weather.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 9, 2011

Take Avenue Of The Saints(#218) to Clear Lake Ia. Hook up with I-35 to I-90 at Albert Lea Mn. then west... Should be all 4 lane.

charlie n · Jul 9, 2011

Where are you coming from?

oleblu · Jul 9, 2011

I agree with Mark_ia. St Louis to Iowa city, north through Cedar Rapids and Waterloo and around to Clear Lake. At Clear Lake catch I-35 to Albert Lea, turn west on I-90.

Brian Jasper co. Ia · Jul 9, 2011

The Avenue of the Saints is a really nice road. You can drive non stop from St Louis to Hannibal. From Hannibal you can run non stop to SE Polk near Des Moines, or to Waterloo Ia. Once you get through Waterloo, it's non stop again to Clear Lake. 4 lane divided highway the whole way.

MSD · Jul 9, 2011

You could take I-70 west past KC to Hwy. 81 by Salina and take it north to
Sioux Falls and get on I-90 there. It's 4 lane through Ks. and part
of Ne. on 81. Or you can stay on I-70 longer to Hwy. 83 and take it
north through Ne. and get on I-90 at Murdo, SD.

MSD · Jul 9, 2011

Forgot if your going to go thru Mn., don't plan on stopping at any of the rest stops. They are all closed because the state govt. shut down. No state parks to camp in either.

DeltaRed · Jul 9, 2011

If the state gov shut down,does that mean the state hiway patrol is not working?Are the senators takeing a "pay cut"while on furlow?

MSD · Jul 9, 2011

I think they classified them as "essential personnel" and they stay on the payroll

gene bender · Jul 9, 2011

Hey that road dont go from St Louis to Des Moines it goes from St Louis to Minneapolis. Best is go west thru K C into Kansas then north get west of the Missouri River. You have a computer use that as people are telling you the AVE OF THE SAINTS takes you thru Des MOINES.

Allan in NE · Jul 9, 2011

Come west on I-80, turn north on 385 at Sidney, NE and stay on it for 225 miles straight into Rapid.

Honk as ya go by. :>)

Allan

GordoSD · Jul 9, 2011

Albert Lea MN

Mark-Ia · Jul 9, 2011

I was traveling between Albert Lea and Rochester on Thursday morning. I saw 3 Troopers within 30 miles, one with his lights flashing..

Jimmy King · Jul 9, 2011

Yes the Highway Patrol is still working and I understand the Gov"s personal servents are still working also. What a deal.

flying belgian · Jul 9, 2011

Every time I think about that I get madder and madder. If I went to work every day but did not get the work done that I was hired to do my boss would have me fired by the time I punched out the first day.

John in Nebraska · Jul 10, 2011

I-29 is closed north of KC, part of the way to Council Bluffs, but there is a well marked detour on a two lane thru Iowa. Immediately north of Council Bluffs it is closed for another 20 miles. Just cross the river at Council Bluffs/OMaha and use two lane roads North. The river bridges at Sioux City are indeed open. No need to detour 200 miles just to stay on a four lane.

trucker 40 · Jul 10, 2011

Depending on where you are coming from,take I 70 to HWY 61 north on the west side of St Louis.Go to Hannibal,stay on 61 North until you get to 218 north,near the Iowa line,take that to I 80 or maybe better Waterloo Iowa,then take 20 west at Waterloo, to I35 North to I 90.You may want to call the DOT in Iowa and Minnesota and see if any of those roads are closed,I dont think they are.Where you have to watch for the road being underwater is close to Keokuck Iowa(WHICH YOU WONT GO THROUGH IF YOU GET ON 218 LIKE YOU SHOULD),actually that higway that you get on goes straight,you would have to turn to the right to go to Keokuck,and you dont want to do that.The actual highway number is 27,but they have it all connected now and you just go straight and it will take you to 218 .The new Highway 218 is higher so it will probably be alright.Once you get to I35 and then I 90 you should have it.There are other ways if you dont like that one.

Brian Jasper co. Ia · Jul 10, 2011

FYI, the route you describe is called "The Avenue of the Saints".

rod in nebraska · Jul 11, 2011

just read your post, i could have got you there thur the sandhills, let me know when you come back and i will give you a good route, rod

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