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. The Meridian Bridge is a double-deck bridge, with the top level having carried traffic into South Dakota from Nebraska, and the lower level having carried traffic into Nebraska from South Dakota. It was closed to all traffic in 2008, but reopened for use only by pedestrians and bicycles in 2011.
Meridian Bridge as seen from Yankton trail.
Yankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States.
Yankton (right) along the Missouri River with the Meridian Bridge connecting Nebraska, looking west
Patch of the Yankton Police Department
Yankton, as viewed from the Meridian Bridge of the Discovery Bridge crossing the Missouri River and the steeple of the Bishop Martin Marty Chapel in the background
A modern replica of the Dakota Territorial Capitol building stands in Yankton's Riverside Park.