South Dakota Department of Transportation
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| Formed | 1973 |
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| Jurisdiction | South Dakota |
| Headquarters | Pierre, South Dakota |
| Employees | 997 full-time, 77 seasonal |
| Annual budget | $566,717,518 (2011) |
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| Parent agency | State of South Dakota |
| Website | http://www.sddot.com/ |
The South Dakota Department of Transportation is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of South Dakota. South Dakota has 82,447 miles of highways, roads and streets; 5,905 bridges. The SD DOT is responsible for 7,830 miles of the roadway system.
The DOT budgets roughly $15,700,000.00 for winter snow and ice removal year.
The Department of Transportation was formerly known as the South Dakota Department of Highways.[1]
Historic bridges
A number of its bridge projects have been deemed historic, and some are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[2] Several were listed on the National Register pursuant to a 1993 Multiple Property Submission titled "Historic Bridges in South Dakota, 1893-1943."[3] The listed works include (with varying attribution):
- Kemp Avenue Bridge, Kemp Avenue over the Sioux River, Watertown, South Dakota (South Dakota Highway Commission), NRHP-listed[2]
- Pig Tail Bridge, South Dakota Highway 87 loop over South Dakota Highway 87, north of Norbeck Lake, Wind Cave National Park, Hot Springs, South Dakota (South Dakota Highway Dept.), NRHP-listed[2]
- South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 03-020-008, local road over unnamed creek, Wessington, South Dakota (South Dakota Highway Commission), NRHP-listed[2]
- South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-220-454, local road over Mud Creek, Stratford, South Dakota (South Dakota State Highway Commission), NRHP-listed[2]
- South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 07-304-414, local road over Ferney Ravine, Ferney, South Dakota (South Dakota Highway Commission), NRHP-listed[2]
- South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 25-218-141, 10th Ave. over the South Fork of Snake Creek, Faulkton, South Dakota (South Dakota Highway Commission), NRHP-listed[2]
- South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 48-244-204, local road over the Little White River, White River, South Dakota (South Dakota Highway Commission), NRHP-listed[2]
- Summit Avenue Viaduct, Summit Ave. over the Chicago and North Western Railroad tracks, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (South Dakota Highway Commission), NRHP-listed[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "History of the South Dakota Department of Transportation, 1956 – Present". Transportation Research Board.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-10.
