It was commissioned in 1976, following the former route of South Dakota Highway 15.

This road was renumbered as South Dakota Highway 471 in 1976.

South Dakota Highway 17 was implemented around 1929.

The first designation of this route, in 1926, was South Dakota Highway 18.

It is currently part of South Dakota Highway 20.

This route is currently part of South Dakota Highway 34.

The southern terminus was at South Dakota Highway 40 (now 44).

This route was originally part of South Dakota Highway 40.

In 1976, this route was redesignated as South Dakota Highway 377.

It was previously a portion of South Dakota Highway 52, which had been used on this route from 1951 to 1975.