Discovery Bridge
The Discovery Bridge is a bridge that carries US Route 81 across the Missouri River from the Nebraska border to the South Dakota border. The Discovery Bridge connects Yankton, South Dakota, with rural Cedar County, Nebraska.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Meridian Highway Bridge and Federal Prison Camp, Yankton.
Meridian Highway Bridge
Bridge
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The Meridian Highway Bridge is a bridge that formerly carried U.S. Route 81 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and South Dakota. The Meridian Highway Bridge connects Yankton, South Dakota with rural Cedar County, Nebraska. Meridian Highway Bridge is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Discovery Bridge.
Federal Prison Camp, Yankton
Prison
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The Federal Prison Camp, Yankton is a minimum-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Yankton, South Dakota. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. Federal Prison Camp, Yankton is situated 1 mile north of Discovery Bridge.
Yankton High School
School building
Yankton High School is a public high school in Yankton, South Dakota, United States. It serves students in grades 9-12 for Yankton School District 63-3. Yankton High School is situated 1½ miles northwest of Discovery Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yankton and South Yankton.
Yankton
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Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. It became a city in 1889. The population was 15,411 at the 2020 census, making it the 7th most populous city in South Dakota, and it is the principal city of the Yankton…
South Yankton
Hamlet
South Yankton is a populated place in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States, located just south of Yankton, South Dakota, on U.S. Route 81. Gavins Point Dam is located four miles west of South Yankton on Nebraska Highway 121.
Green Island
Locality
Green Island, 10.5 square miles of land in northwestern Cedar County, Nebraska bordering the Missouri River across from Yankton, SD, was home to Strahmburg a former town on the island.
Discovery Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: completed in 2008 across the Missouri River, connecting Nebraska with Yankton, South Dakota
- Categories: road bridge and transportation
- Location: City of Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.86513° or 42° 51′ 55″ northLongitude
-97.39738° or 97° 23′ 51″ westOpen location code
86J4VJ83+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 709785212OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q5281876
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