public-safety
Road work: fresh oil listed on US-12 from Aug. 21, 2026
The South Dakota Department of Transportation lists Road work: fresh oil at US-12 from 5.25 miles east to 9.50 miles east of Junction US 281-Aberdeen, with a listed start of Aug. 21, 2026.
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Road work: fresh oil is listed at US-12 from 5.25 miles east to 9.50 miles east of Junction US 281-Aberdeen, according to the South Dakota Department of Transportation's traveller-information feed.
The feed gives the route as US-12, the reference milepost as 216.167 and the affected direction as Both Directions.
The feed publishes a listed start of Aug. 21, 2026, 12:04 p.m. MDT / 1:04 p.m. CDT and a listed end of Sept. 18, 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 45.45853882, -98.37124612 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: fresh oil adjacent to the roadway with delays 10 minutes, lanes reduced to 1, no passing, speed limit 45 mph, traffic routed to opposing lanes, and truck speed limit 45 mph Monday through Friday between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM CDT Friday, September 18, 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.