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Construction Zone Reminders

  • Follow posted speed limits in construction zones.
  • Be aware of flaggers and other construction workers in the construction area.
  • If you are following a pilot car, stay with the line, and do not stop or exit your vehicle in the project area.

Project Update: Friday, Feb. 7, 2025

Construction Updates

  • Phase 1 construction is complete until spring 2025, when crews will place final surfacing. Currently, there are approximately two miles of gravel and three miles of hard surface between Pactola Dam and the Pennington-Lawrence County Line.
  • Phase 2 construction operations currently involve off-road grading, tree clearing, and logging operations. The contractor is using a pilot car and flaggers as needed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. M.T. on weekdays and some Saturdays.
Cars being led by a pilot car while machine does earthwork on the adjacent slope.
Machines doing earth work on top of a steep slope. Debris (rocks, dirt) falling down the slop onto the roadway below.
Project Update: Friday, Jan. 24, 2025

Construction Updates

  • Phase 1 construction is complete until spring 2025, when crews will place final surfacing. Currently, there are approximately two miles of gravel and three miles of hard surface between S.D. Highway 44 and the Pennington-Lawrence County Line.
  • Phase 2 construction operations currently involve off-road grading, tree clearing, and logging operations. The contractor is using a pilot car and flaggers as needed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. MT on weekdays and some Saturdays.
 

January Drone Flyover

Bulldozer moving dirt and rock on a hill above the dirt roadbed.
Machines felling and removing trees near and along the roadway.
Project Update: Friday, Dec. 27, 2024

Construction Updates

  • Effective Dec. 20, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025, there are no pilot cars or flaggers in use in the Phase 2 construction area.
  • The use of flaggers and pilot cars will resume on Jan. 6, 2025 for Phase 2 construction.