Rapid City Journal from Rapid City, South Dakota • 83

Rapid City Journal Sunday, March 1, 1998 Progress 31 roiects City: Continued from page 30 Disk Dr. go I Exit 57Hxit 58 1 Irr-1 Roads 1 Newexit8 tobe 1 yUJIJ 1 New llfcs I roads A Spearfish (jg in to consider using a special half-cent sales tax for infrastructure projects like the Southwest Connector. In the past, that tax money was used for such things as a Canyon Lake improvement, a tourist information center and a large museum. The fourth project, finishing the route between 1-90 and southeast Rapid City, is more of a distant goal. Called the Southeast Connector, it would fill the gap between Highway 16 and Elk Creek Road, also known as the St.

Patrick Street truck bypass. The more than $28 million project would create a direct link between Highway 44 East and the Highway Patrol office. A bridge that now crosses over Highway 44 East would be moved farther away from the city's center. The Southeast Connector would have a big impact, she said. With other parts of the loop in place, there suddenly would be a direct connection between Countryside and Ellsworth Air Force Base via 1-90, with numerous ways of entering the city's southern side.

When finished, the $15 million project will have traffic moving smoothly through both of the rather problematic interchanges. At the 1-190 interchange, the concrete will be replaced on the 1-190 road between the off-ramps and Anamosa Street. And the westbound lanes will be replaced with a highway that will be parallel with the eastbound lanes, basically moving the lanes about 200 meters to the south. The west-bound off-ramp now a left-hand exit will be permanently closed, as will the west-bound on-ramp which forces motorists to merge with traffic in the passing lane. The ramps will be replaced with a cloverleaf interchange that will loop traffic around in a circle as it leaves 1-90, said Gary Engel, DOT's area engineer.

In other words, that lane-change shuffle now done by motorists driving west from the See 1-90 on page 32 Two Rapid City interchanges will be under construction. By Denise Ross Journal Staff Writer The state Department of Transportation has seen the future, and it is congested traffic and closed roads at two of Rapid City's Interstate 90 exits. Both 1-190 at West Boulevard and exit 58 at Haines Avenue will be construction zones during the building seasons of 1999 and 2000. "Initially, they were separate projects, but we have such a concern about traffic flows and how we will maintain those areas during construction," said Dennis Landguth, DOT'S regional engineer. "We decided the best way to control it is to do it all at once." By rebuilding the two exits at the same time, the construction time shortens from three years to two, Landguth said.

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