Urban Reconstruction Project Scheduled to Begin on U.S. Highways 14/83 (Euclid Avenue) in Pierre
For Immediate Release:
Monday, March 24, 2025
Contact:
Dean VanDeWiele, Pierre Area Engineer, 605-773-5294
PIERRE, S.D. – On Monday, March 31, 2025, the U.S. Highway 14/83 (Euclid Avenue) urban reconstruction project within the city of Pierre is scheduled to begin in multiple locations. Closures will be in place throughout the 2025 construction season.
An initial closure will be in place from the Sioux Avenue and Pierre Street intersection extending north approximately one block. Construction work will then continue north and east to the Pleasant Drive and Euclid Avenue intersection. An initial closure will be in place from the Pleasant Avenue and Euclid Avenue intersection extending north one block through Capital Street. Block closures will continue north in 2025 to the Euclid Avenue and Wynoka Street intersection.
Work in the Sioux Avenue and Pierre Street intersection will require a two-way traffic configuration for east and west commuters through the intersection until Thursday, July 3, 2025. Access to Pierre Street from its intersection with Sioux Avenue will be closed. Traffic signals at this intersection will no longer be utilized, and commuters will need to advance through the intersection at a reduced speed. Pedestrians needing to cross Sioux Avenue at the Pierre Street intersection will be detoured to the traffic signals at Highland Avenue and Central Avenue.
During this two-way traffic configuration through the Sioux Avenue Pierre Street intersection, a 12-foot width restriction will be in effect. Over-width vehicles will be routed around the dam on a signed detour route utilizing S.D. Highway 1806, S.D. Highway 204, and S.D. Highway 1804.
The traveling public is asked to be alert through the work zone for longer queues of traffic, construction vehicles, and workers adjacent to the moving traffic.
Progress in the first year of construction is scheduled to be complete from Sioux Avenue to the Wynoka Street intersection by its interim completion date of Nov. 21, 2025. The project will resume in the spring of 2026. During the 2026 construction season, work is scheduled to be completed to the end of the project located south of the Highway 1804 junction.
The prime contractor on this $26.4 million project is Morris Inc. from Fort Pierre, SD. The overall project completion date for this multi-year project is November 2026.
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