The South Dakota Transportation Commission has awarded funding (Aug. 27, 2026) to 40 local bridge projects totaling approximately $3.5 million.
Awards were divided into two major categories:
- local bridge design funded through federal highway funding, and
- local bridge preliminary engineering funded through the Bridge Improvement Grant (BIG).
In the central part of the state, Hughes County received BIG funding for two bridge projects and Gregory County received design funding for one bridge project. Overall, 108 applications were received.
Thirty-eight applications for BIG preliminary engineering survey and hydraulic studies were received and 24 were approved to be added by addendum to the 2026-2029 STIP for approximately $1.4 million. County project recipients are Beadle (two projects), Butte (two projects), Codington (two projects), Deuel (one project), Grant (two projects), Hughes (two projects), Lincoln (four projects), Minnehaha (two projects), Moody (one project), Perkins (one project), Roberts (two projects), Union (two projects), and Yankton (one project).
Seventy applications were received for project design funded through federal highway funding and 12 were approved to be added to the 2027 – 2030 STIP for approximately $2.08 million. Project recipients are Gregory County, Yankton County, City of Gary (two projects), Roberts County (one project), Spink County (one project), Grant County (two projects), Meade County (one project), Codington County (one project), Deuel County (one project), and McCook County (one project).
Applications for the next round of the BIG program are due Saturday, Jan. 2, 2027, for the Preservation and Replacement category. For more information, contact Doug Kinniburgh at 605-773-4284 or visit https://dot.sd.gov/doing-business/local-governments/bridge-improvement-grants.
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