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Road work: miscellaneous construction listed on SD-20 from June 16, 2026

The South Dakota Department of Transportation lists Road work: miscellaneous construction at SD-20 from 4.50 miles east to 5.50 miles east of Junction US 281 near Mellette, with a listed start of June 16, 2026.

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Road work: miscellaneous construction is listed at SD-20 from 4.50 miles east to 5.50 miles east of Junction US 281 near Mellette, according to the South Dakota Department of Transportation's traveller-information feed.

The feed gives the route as SD-20, the reference milepost as 323.565 and the affected direction as Both Directions.

The feed publishes a listed start of June 16, 2026, 9:10 a.m. MDT / 10:10 a.m. CDT and a listed end of Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. MDT / 5 p.m. CDT. Each is one instant shown in both of South Dakota's zones — Mountain first, Central second; they are the same moment. The feed names a route and not a zone, so 605Buzz does not pick one for you.

Whether this work is currently underway is not stated in this text: it depends on the time you are reading, and the department is the authority.

The feed publishes coordinates of 45.15693713, -98.40348304 for this record. Those are the department's own figures, reproduced as published; 605Buzz does not geocode.

The department's own description of the work, reproduced without changes as published in the feed:

The following road construction project is in progress: miscellaneous construction adjacent to the roadway with delays 10 minutes, flaggers, lanes reduced to 1, no passing, speed limit 35 mph, traffic routed to opposing lanes, and truck speed limit 35 mph Monday through Friday between 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM until 5:00 PM CDT Friday, August 28, 2026. For information or questions about a construction project, please find contact information for our SDDOT Area Offices at

That paragraph is the department's wording at the time this record was last read, including any dates or restrictions inside it.

The feed links dot.sd.gov/inside-sddot/region-area-offices/region-area-offices for this project.

605Buzz has not independently verified conditions on this road. Schedules change with weather and contractor progress, and the department is the authority; check SD511 before travelling.

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605Buzz has published 2 road records from the South Dakota Department of Transportation within about 16 miles of this location with a listed start on or before this date. 2 of them state an end date on or after it. SD511 is the department's own live conditions service.

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