Street Construction Season Begins in Sioux Falls

City of Sioux Falls Projects: 

Arrowhead and Veterans Parkways Intersection 

• This undertaking started in 2025 and will proceed into 2026.  

• At the completion of the work, the undertaking will absolutely reconstruct and widen the intersection of Arrowhead and Veterans parkways. Work on Arrowhead Parkway will lengthen from Highline Avenue to tenth Street and work on Veterans Parkway will lengthen from sixth to twenty sixth streets. Work will embrace underground utility enhancements, a stormwater detention pond, three pedestrian underpasses, six retaining partitions, grading, concrete surfacing, signing, road lighting, site visitors indicators and a landscaped median. 

• Work is scheduled to start this spring with development of the northbound lanes of Veterans Parkway and the east facet of the Arrowhead Parkway and Veterans Parkway intersection. Once that part is full, site visitors will shift to the newly constructed east facet and crews will start work on the west facet of the Arrowhead intersection, together with the southbound lanes of Veterans Parkway.  

• Arrowhead Parkway will shut east of Veterans Parkway for about 5 to 6 weeks in early spring to take away the short-term asphalt transition, assemble the east lanes of Veterans Parkway and join them to Arrowhead Parkway heading east.  

• After the work east of Veterans Parkway is full and reopened to site visitors, Arrowhead Parkway will shut west of Veterans Parkway and stay closed during the 2026 development season. 

• Veterans Parkway will stay open to at least one lane of site visitors in every route all through the 2026 development season. 

• During development, drivers touring east or west might want to use Madison Street or forty first Street. 

• Work is predicted to resume in March and proceed till the undertaking is considerably full in November 2026. Minor lane closures could happen in spring 2027 as crews carry out web site restoration and cleanup work.   

Veterans Parkway from Maple to 57th Streets 

• Veterans Parkway will see a sequence of coordinated enhancements this season, together with concrete pavement restoration, new pavement markings and up to date site visitors indicators. 

• Work between E. twenty sixth and E. forty first streets will embrace concrete joint and panel repairs, curb-and-gutter repairs, joint resealing and the appliance of a soy‑primarily based penetrating sealer. 

• Crews may even take away and set up pavement markings and road indicators from 57th Street to only north of Maple Street, aside from the part between 18th and sixth streets. Updated lane striping will create an further journey lane and add twin left-turn lanes at choose intersections to enhance site visitors stream and security. 

• Traffic sign and signal upgrades will happen on the intersections of Veterans Parkway with forty first, thirty third, twenty sixth, 18th and Madison streets. These sign enhancements, mixed with the brand new striping configuration, will open an further journey lane and assist the brand new twin left-turn lane. Additionally, crews will full median landscaping between 18th and thirty third streets.  

• Temporary lane closures are anticipated. 

• This undertaking is anticipated to start this spring and conclude in in October.   

Russell Street Concrete Pavement Restoration from N. Louise Avenue to Minnesota Avenue 

• This undertaking will rehabilitate Russell Street from Louise to Minnesota avenues. Work will embrace full-depth concrete repairs, partial-depth concrete repairs, curb and gutter repairs and joint re-sealing.  

• Lane closures might be in place and at a minimal, one lane of site visitors will stay open in each instructions always. 

• All lanes might be open for the air present July 18-19. 

• Work is anticipated to start in April and conclude in October. 

Marion Road from 259th Street to Memory Lane  

• This undertaking will reconstruct a portion of north Marion Road from 259th Street to west Memory Lane from a rural gravel street part to an city concrete pavement part with an overpass on the BNSF railroad crossing. Work on the undertaking will embrace storm drainage and water primary utilities, together with retaining partitions, a 3-span bridge and a 4-barrel box-culvert drainage construction. These enhancements are essential to accommodate anticipated site visitors will increase attributable to growth at Foundation Park. 

• Marion Road might be closed to site visitors between 259th Street and Memory Lane during the undertaking. 

• Work is anticipated to start in late March or early April and can proceed by way of November. Work will resume in 2027 as climate permits earlier than the undertaking is considerably accomplished in late 2027.   

Bridge Preservation Project on W. 12th Street close to Grange Avenue 

• Work on this undertaking consists of the preservation of the twelfth Street bridge close to Grange Avenue. Work will embrace repairing delaminated concrete on the bridge deck, inserting a two‑coat bridge deck polymer chip seal, changing the deteriorated strip‑seal joints on the method slabs and sidewalk, repairing the deteriorated special-surface end on the barrier curbs, trimming bushes, changing the chain-link fence and repairing a retaining wall coping panel within the southeast nook of the bridge. 

• Lane closures might be in place. At a minimal, one lane of site visitors will stay open in each instructions always. At most instances all through the undertaking, two lanes of site visitors might be open in each instructions. 

• Work is anticipated to start this summer season and be accomplished by late October. 

Louise Avenue from forty ninth to 53rd Streets 

• This undertaking consists of ADA accessibility enhancements alongside Louise Avenue between forty ninth and 53rd streets. Work will embrace ADA-accessible sidewalks, driveway restorations and concrete curb‑and‑gutter repairs.  

• There might be intermittent lane closures as a part of this undertaking. 

• The work is anticipated to be accomplished by the tip of November.  

Audible Information Devices 

• The metropolis makes use of audible info gadgets, that are ADA‑compliant sensors positioned in development zones, parks and sidewalk work areas to supply voice alerts about route adjustments or closures for pedestrians. 

Street Maintenance Programs: 

Mill and Asphalt Overlay (Citywide) 

Routine upkeep is vital to managing the metropolis’s road property in a cheap approach. Timely work retains streets in good situation and extends their lifespan. Milling removes deterioration and improves experience high quality and utility or concrete repairs are accomplished as wanted throughout these initiatives. This program is much less disruptive than full reconstruction, enhances experience high quality and helps delay pavement life. The metropolis will mill and overlay greater than 220 blocks throughout this development season. 

Slurry seal is a preventive upkeep remedy used to increase the lifetime of a road in a value‑efficient approach, just like the metropolis’s mill and asphalt overlay program. It helps protect streets which are already in good situation and addresses minor floor defects. A slurry seal is a half‑inch layer of asphalt oil, small rock and different components utilized over the present pavement. The course of strikes rapidly and streets sometimes reopen to site visitors inside a couple of hours. This summer season, the metropolis will apply slurry seal to greater than 630 blocks. 

City and South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) Projects: 

Interstate 229 and Cliff Avenue Interchange  

• This undertaking will absolutely reconstruct the Cliff Avenue and I-229 interchange. Cliff Avenue might be reconstructed between thirty eighth Street and the Spencer Park entrance and the forty first Street intersection might be realigned farther to the north.   

• Work consists of underground utility enhancements, two pedestrian underpasses, grading, concrete surfacing, signing, road lighting and site visitors indicators.   

• Work on this undertaking started in 2025. Paving on the southbound lanes of Interstate 229 is full, together with the southbound off-ramp, the realignment of forty first Street and the bridge deck over Cliff Avenue. Work on the southbound on-ramp can be full.  

• This spring, crews will set up site visitors management measures and detours as work begins on shifting I‑229 site visitors to the southbound lanes and bridge. The undertaking consists of eradicating the northbound I‑229 bridge and the short-term bridge.  

• Cliff Avenue might be restricted to at least one lane in every route as crews set up a sanitary sewer, water primary and storm sewer and construct the southbound lanes. 

• Work additionally consists of developing parts of the northbound off‑ramp and shutting the northbound on‑ramp to start constructing a pedestrian tunnel and retaining wall. Traffic on Cliff Avenue will then shift to the southbound lanes, with one lane open in every route, whereas crews assemble the northbound lanes, on‑ramp and pedestrian tunnel. Cliff Avenue may even shut for one week this summer season. 

• Construction is predicted to ramp up in April and proceed till November as climate permits. Work will resume as climate permits in 2027 till the undertaking is considerably full in summer season of 2027.  

South Veterans Parkway from Cliff to Sycamore Avenues 

• This undertaking consists of development on South Veterans Parkway between Cliff and Sycamore avenues.   

• Work consists of underground utility set up, grading, concrete surfacing on Veterans Parkway, asphalt surfacing on Sycamore Avenue, signing, road lighting and site visitors indicators.   

• South Veterans Parkway will embrace three lanes in every route, a 32‑foot raised median separating opposing site visitors and a shared‑use path alongside the south facet of the hall. The path might be divided from the roadway by a grass boulevard to boost security and luxury for pedestrians and cyclists. 

• Construction started in April 2025. Dirt work, storm sewer set up and utilities on South Veterans Parkway and Southeastern Avenue have been accomplished. Dirt and utility work on Sycamore Avenue, together with paving on south Veterans Parkway and Sycamore Avenue, is scheduled to start in April. 

• Southeastern and Sycamore avenues will every endure phased closures within the spring and summer season, together with a piece of Southeastern Avenue south of Bison Trail and a section of Sycamore Avenue between 69th and eighty fifth streets.  

• Weather allowing, this work is predicted to be full by the tip of 2026.  

• The subsequent part of development, from I-29 to Western Avenue, is scheduled to start in 2027.  

• The South Veterans Parkway undertaking is slated for completion in 2029, with the ultimate section working from Sycamore Avenue to 57th Street.  

Interstate 29 and eighty fifth Street Interchange 

• The metropolis, along with the City of Tea, Lincoln County and the SDDOT, has began developing the brand new diverging diamond interchange at eighty fifth Street and I-29. The undertaking consists of constructing the interchange and putting in underground utilities, a pedestrian underpass, grading, concrete surfacing, signage, road lighting and site visitors indicators. 

• The contractor is at the moment engaged on grading, putting in pipes and putting in bridge abutments for the southbound exit ramps.  

• eighty fifth Street from Tallgrass to Sundowner avenues might be closed to site visitors, with entry maintained for native residents solely. Traffic on I-29 will stay in place all through development, though lane and shoulder closures could happen for work adjoining to present lanes. Partial in a single day closures of I‑29 may even be allowed to accommodate bridge or mechanically stabilized earth wall development. 

• Construction is underway and is anticipated to succeed in completion by 2027, climate allowing.  

Interstate 29 and 49th Street Bridge  

• The undertaking on forty ninth Street over I-29 is a low‑droop, dense‑concrete bridge deck overlay of the 328‑foot prestressed concrete girder bridge. The undertaking additionally consists of concrete method slabs, a concrete barrier, pedestrian railings, a sidewalk and pavement markings. 

• The forty ninth Street bridge might be closed to site visitors throughout development. Drivers might want to use alternate routes. 

• The fieldwork completion date for the undertaking is late October.