public-safety
Road work: grading listed on US-281 from July 13, 2026
The South Dakota Department of Transportation lists Road work: grading at US-281 from 0.25 mile south to 0.25 mile north of Junction South Dakota 26, with a listed start of July 13, 2026.
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Road work: grading is listed at US-281 from 0.25 mile south to 0.25 mile north of Junction South Dakota 26, according to the South Dakota Department of Transportation's traveller-information feed.
The feed gives the route as US-281, the reference milepost as 150.063 and the affected direction as Both Directions.
The feed publishes a listed start of July 13, 2026, 6 a.m. MDT / 7 a.m. CDT and a listed end of Aug. 21, 2026, 6 p.m. MDT / 7 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 44.82533222, -98.52376852 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: grading on the shoulder with speed limit 55 mph until 7:00 PM CDT Friday, August 21, 2026. Turn lane construction at the intersection of US 281 and SD 26. Driving lanes are open, but slow down through the work zone.
That paragraph is the department's wording at the time this record was last read, including any dates or restrictions inside it.
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.