Transcontinental Links

Sioux Falls, SD

Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Fargo, ND (230.0 mi).

About Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into northern Lincoln County.

Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.

Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)

⚠️ All figures below are parametric estimates scaled from the proposal's own budget ($8.5T ÷ 17,000 mi ≈ $500M per mile), not engineering quotes. Methodology is shown so you can check the math.

Item	Basis	Estimate
Terminal construction	Mid-size city terminal (parametric range $1–2B)	$1.5B
Land acquisition	Regional factor 0.7× on $200M base	$140M
Track: Sioux Falls → Fargo	230.0 mi × $500M/mi	$115.0B
Annual operations (share)	Staffing, power, maintenance	$30M/yr
Stop total (excl. annual ops)		$116.6B

Best terminal location (proposed)

A greenfield site at the I-29 / I-90 interchange (north Sioux Falls). The I-29/I-90 crossroads is the region's highway heart, with flat greenfield land on the north side still available. A terminal here intercepts traffic from three states' worth of catchment — the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Iowa — at the region's largest city.

Before / after

Before and after aerial mock-up of the proposed maglev terminal at Sioux Falls, SD

Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.

🛤️ Infill stops toward Fargo: the proposal envisions more stops than cities — smaller stations between majors. Plausible infills on this leg:

Brookings, SD — South Dakota State University town on I-29.
Watertown, SD — Codington County hub.
Wahpeton, ND — border college town (NDSCS).

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