The Pierre City Commission has approved an agreement with the South Dakota Department of Transportation to pay for a handful of enhancements to the state’s design for the John C. Waldon Bridge over the Missouri River between Pierre and Fort Pierre.
In partnership with Fort Pierre, Pierre is adding decorative features to the state’s base bridge design including stylized light poles, two pedestrian lookout points on the bridge and architectural lighting. Additionally, Pierre is paying for decorative concrete panels on the bridge and a plaza on the Pierre side.
Pierre’s cost for those local touches is a little more than $422,000; the biggest chunk of that cost is a plaza on the east side of the new bridge. The new bridge will replace the current John C. Waldron Bridge that connects Pierre and Fort Pierre. Work is expected to begin late this year.
Below are the engineer images of the plaza area and local features on the Fort Pierre side of the bridge.
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