PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota Transportation Commission was updated Thursday on road projects across the state. In the Pierre region, contractors were not able to complete a project at the U-S Highway 83/14 junction in Hughes County south of Onida…
Department of Transportation Director of Operation Craig Smith says the 18/83 project should be finished in 2024. He says the new John C. Waldron Memorial Bridge between Pierre and Fort Pierre should have been open to traffic already…
The state will also work on some landscaping work relating the bridge plazas on both sides as the old bridge is removed. Plans for the current bridge’s removal are still being put together but will likely start on the Fort Pierre side and could include the lowering of bridge sections on to barges for removal. The use of explosives to remove the bridge are not believed to be under consideration.
