Cost of rebuilding Missouri River crossings in South Dakota expected to exceed $1.5B
Transportation officials, lawmakers wonder who'll foot the bill for replacing aging bridges
The bill is coming due.
That was the message South Dakota Department of Transportation Secretary Joel Jundt recently shared with state lawmakers, forecasting the looming need to replace several bridges that traverse the Missouri River. All built at roughly the same time frame and within a 170-mile stretch, their sunsets are also clustered.
And replacing them won’t be cheap.
