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SDDOT snowplow naming contest underway - 11/12/2024 SDPB
November 12, 2024
The state Department of Transportation invites the public to come up with their best names for the state's snowplows.
The fifth annual Snowplow Naming Contest is now open.
The contest draws an average of 700 submissions every year. Last year’s winners included “South Da-Snow-Ta,” “Salt-o-saurus-Rex,” and “Frostimus Prime.”
The contest runs through Friday, Dec. 6.
Learn more and find the contest entry form here.
South Dakota DOT Opens Key Highway Intersection - 11/8/2024 AASHTO Journal
November 12, 2024
The South Dakota Department of Transportation recently hosted an event highlighting the partial opening of Diverging Diamond Interchange or DDI where I-229 and Benson Road converge in Sioux Falls.
The agency said in a statement that intersection is now functioning in each direction as a one-lane DDI, with additional lanes of traffic through the interchange slated to open before the entire project is completed in June 2025.
Sometimes called a “double crossover diamond,” DDIs are grade-separated i...
Fifth Annual SDDOT Snowplow Naming Contest Underway - KCSR/KBPY 11/07/2024
November 07, 2024
The Fifth Annual Snowplow Naming Contest hosted by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) is now open and will run through Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Over the past four winters, SDDOT has engaged with thousands of South Dakotans in the annual naming of snowplows. On average, the SDDOT contest draws 700 submissions each year.
“We are truly the primary resource for South Dakota travelers throughout the year. We know that the work we do to advance safety is critical, whether during constr...
Get Creative: Fifth Annual Snowplow Naming Contest Now Open! - KXLG 11/06/2024
November 06, 2024
The Fifth Annual Snowplow Naming Contest, hosted by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT), is now open and will run until Friday, December 6, 2024. Over the past four winters, SDDOT has engaged with thousands of South Dakotans in naming snowplows. On average, the contest receives about 700 submissions each year.
“We are truly the primary resource for South Dakota travelers throughout the year. We know that our efforts to enhance safety are critical, whether during construction se...
DOT opens 5th annual Snowplow Naming Contest - Dakota News Now 11/06/2024
November 06, 2024
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The fifth annual South Dakota Department of Transportation Snowplow Naming Contest is now open.
South Dakotans are invited to come up with their best blizzard puns and plow-themed names to submit.
Over the last four years, the contest has drawn 700 submissions on average per year.
Past winning names include Plow Bunyan, Saltosaurus Rex, Not My First Snowdeo and Clearapathera.
You can submit your entry here.
The SDDOT will announce one winning name for each o...
