South Dakota Department of Transportation

South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT)

Agency overview
Formed	1917
Preceding agencies	State Highway Commission South Dakota Highway Department
Jurisdiction	South Dakota
Headquarters	Becker-Hansen Building, 700 E. Broadway Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota 57501
Employees	997 full-time, 77 seasonal
Agency executive	Joel Jundt, P.E., Secretary of Transportation
Parent agency	State of South Dakota
Website	dot.sd.gov

The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of South Dakota. South Dakota has 82,447 miles of highways, roads and streets, as well as 5,905 bridges. The SDDOT is responsible for 7,830 miles of the roadway system.

The DOT budgets roughly $15,700,000 for winter snow and ice removal each year.

The Department of Transportation was formerly known as the South Dakota Department of Highways.^[1]