DOT exploring potential routes for proposed new Highway 212 bridge

  • The Forest City Bridge, which spans the Missouri River/Lake Oahe to connect Dewey and Potter counties, opened in 1958. The SDDOT is exploring relocating and replacing the bridge. Topic File Photo
    The Forest City Bridge, which spans the Missouri River/Lake Oahe to connect Dewey and Potter counties, opened in 1958. The SDDOT is exploring relocating and replacing the bridge. Topic File Photo
  • DOT exploring potential routes for proposed new Highway 212 bridge
    DOT exploring potential routes for proposed new Highway 212 bridge
A new US Highway 212 bridge across the Missouri River/Lake Oahe between Dewey and Potter counties is in the study/planning stage, according to the S.D. Dept. of Transportation. The existing Forest City bridge, which measures 26 feet wide and 4600 long, was opened to traffic in 1958. It crosses the Missouri from the peninsula northeast of the Forest City Recreation Area in Dewey County to the…

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