Most Spearfish residents are pretty patient. For a demonstration of this extraordinary patience, head over to Exit 14 (Wal-Mart Exit) and observe the drivers navigating their way through the blinking red lights. One-by-one, these patient souls take turns going over or coming off of the overpass. It’s slow, agonizingly slow, especially during the heavy traffic hours.

Now and then, the traffic lights at the Wal-Mart Exit are turned on. This is when the patience runs thin. Some folks are seen deliberately running the red lights while others are seen taking a quick nap or walking down to the gas station for a refreshment before it’s their turn to finally move forward.

“Massive lines of cars form and twist into knots when the traffic lights are turned on over at the Wal-Mart Exit in Spearfish.”

The South Dakota Department of Transportation designed the intersections and manages the traffic lights at Exit 14. The City of Spearfish is doing what it can to get the SDDOT to fix things properly. The SDDOT claims to be monitoring local traffic patterns in order to optimize for best results, but the question among locals still remains after many long months of patience: “What the **** is up with the traffic lights at the Spearfish Wal-Mart Exit???”

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