For Immediate Release:  Monday, July 9, 2012

Contact: Joel Flesner, 605-892-2872

Box Culvert Replacement over Frog Creek

BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation will begin work on South Dakota Highway 79 south of Hoover in Butte County this week.

Crews will replace a box culvert over Frog Creek at mile marker 160.5 on Highway 79.

The impact to motorists will be minimal.  Drivers should be alert to construction equipment and workers in the area.

The project has an overall completion date of Oct. 5.

Quinn Construction, Inc. of Rapid City is the prime contractor.

For more information, contact Joel Flesner with the South Dakota Department of Transportation at 605-892-2872.

Complete road construction information can be found at www.safetravelusa.com/sd or by dialing 511. 

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