public-safety
Road work: miscellaneous construction listed on US-81 from Aug. 5, 2026
The South Dakota Department of Transportation lists Road work: miscellaneous construction at US-81 from 1 mile north of Junction South Dakota 50 West to 5.75 miles south of Junction South Dakota 46, with a listed start of Aug. 5, 2026. Whether it is currently underway is shown on the page, computed from the listed dates when you load it.
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Road work: miscellaneous construction is listed at US-81 from 1 mile north of Junction South Dakota 50 West to 5.75 miles south of Junction South Dakota 46, according to the South Dakota Department of Transportation's traveller-information feed.
The feed gives the route as US-81, the reference milepost as 6.662 and the affected direction as Both Directions.
The feed publishes a listed start of 2026-08-05T11:09:00.000Z and no listed end — the feed publishes none for this record, which is how it represents work scheduled until further notice. Times are given in UTC as converted from the feed's own numeric timestamps.
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The feed publishes coordinates of 42.952253, -97.397907 for this record. Those are the department's own figures, reproduced as published; 605Buzz does not geocode.
The department's own description of the work, reproduced without changes as published in the feed:
The following road construction project is in progress: miscellaneous construction adjacent to the roadway until further notice. Asphalt Surface Treatment (Chip Seal) will be placed on the northern mainline portion of this route beginning the week of August 17th. Roadway conditions will include Fresh Oil & Loose Rock. Traffic will be maintained with Flaggers and a Pilot Car.
An asphalt fog seal will be placed on the asphalt shoulders adjacent to the concrete with the use of lane closures.
New pavement markings will also be placed with the project.
Currently the Contractor is placing traffic control signs.
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The feed links dot.sd.gov/projects-studies/construction-info for this project.
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