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Federal grant will pay most of Stone Church Bridge replacement; Yankton County faces roughly $1.4M local match
Summary
County engineers presented a federally funded replacement for the Stone Church Bridge after a low bid of about $7.5 million; county staff and commissioners said they must find an estimated $1.4 million local match and discussed options including loans, STIP funds or a new road-and-bridge levy.
YANKTON COUNTY — County engineers and staff told the Yankton County Commission at its December meeting that the Stone Church Bridge, built in 1959, has significant bearing and abutment deterioration but no imminent failure, and that a federal grant and a low contractor bid have put replacement within reach.
Engineer Josh Prather of IMA Corp presented the county's 2025 bridge-inspection findings and read the low bids for replacing the Stone Church Bridge. "This year I only have to inspect the bridges that would be considered serious condition or, it would be, scour critical," Prather said, and later read the bid list, saying the low bid was about $7.5 million and was roughly $300,000 under the engineer's estimate.
The county's Mike (county staff) summarized the grant history and the local…
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