US Highway 385 Inotarisana Nekunonoka Kwakakura Kwekufamba uye Kutsaukira muBlack Hills seAnopfuura Mamirioni gumi nemanomwe emadhora eProjekti Yekufambira mberi, Iine Mabhenefiti Enguva Yakareba Mukuchengetedza Mugwagwa, Kuwanikwa, uye Chiitiko cheVaenzi: Zvitsva Zvitsva Zvinofanirwa Kuzivikanwa nevanhu.

Muvhuro, April 28, 2025

US Highway 385, yaimbova nzira ine runyararo pamhenderekedzo yekumadokero kweSheridan Lake muBlack Hills, yave kushandurwa kuita nzvimbo inobatikana yekuvaka. Kwegore rechipiri rakatevedzana, vafambi nevagari venzvimbo vari kutarisana nekunonoka, kutsauswa, uye dzimwe nguva kuvharwa kwemigwagwa sezvo basa rinofambira mberi pachirongwa chakakosha chekuvandudza mugwagwa. Chirongwa ichi chikamu chechirongwa chakakura chemadhora mamirioni makumi manomwe neshanu chine chinangwa chekuwedzera uye kutwasanudza makiromita gumi nemashanu emugwagwa mukuru, uyo unoshanda senzira huru yekuchamhembe nekumaodzanyemba kuburikidza nedunhu. Basa rekuvaka raita kuti raimbove scenic drive kupinda munzira ine ruzha uye yakavhiringika, vane mireza nemotokari dzevatyairi dzinotungamira nzira imwe chete pamusoro pematombo nematombo.

Ichi chirongwa chakakura chemakore matatu chave chichikonzera kukanganisa kukuru, uye kuvharwa kwakawanda kuri kutarisirwa mumwedzi iri kuuya. Muchikamu chinotevera, pachave nekuvharwa kwakati wandei kunoda kutenderera kwemaira makumi mashanu kunotungamira vatyairi kudzokera kuRapid City. Kuvhiringika uku chikamu chehurongwa hwekuda kukwidziridza US 50, iyo isingashandire vafambi venzvimbo chete asiwo inobatanidza vashanyi kunzvimbo dzeBlack Hills. Iyo South Dakota Dhipatimendi Rezvekutakurwa (SDDOT) yaita nhamburiko dzekuchengetedza vafambi neruzivo rwenguva dzose uye zviziviso zvemavara nezvekufambira mberi kweprojekiti.

US 385 yakakosha pakubatanidza Deadwood, dhorobha rine mukurumbira rekubhejera, kune zvakakosha zvinokwezva seMount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, uye Pactola neSheridan madziva. Nzvimbo idzi dzinobatsira zvakanyanya kuhupfumi hwekushanya hwedunhu remadhora mabhiriyoni maviri, uye kuwana nyore kwadziri kwakakosha kuitira kuchengetedza kufamba kwevashanyi. Mamiriro akaita mugwagwa mukuru wacho, nemapendekete awo nhete, mawere ane materu, uye nzvimbo ine mawere, zvaita kuti tityire kuchengeteka. Pakati pa2 na2018, pakaitika tsaona zana nemakumi masere nenomwe munzira iyi, zvichikonzera kufa kwevanhu vana uye kukuvara makumi mashanu nenomwe. Dzakawanda dzetsaona idzi dzaisanganisira motokari dzaibuda mumugwagwa, zvichiratidza kuti panofanirwa kuitwa zvivako zvisina njodzi.

Mukupindura kunyaya idzi, chirongwa ichi chichawedzera mapendekete emigwagwa, kutsvedzerera macurve, uye kuwedzera nzira nyowani dzekutendeuka kuti dzichengetedze kuchengeteka. Makontrakta ari kuchenesa miti uye kuputika dombo kuti agadzirire nzira yekuwedzera. Kuvharwa kwekutanga kwakazara kwakarongerwa Kubvumbi 28, 2025, pakati peBe Still Road neCalumet Road, uye inotora mavhiki matanhatu. Kumwe kuvharwa kwakarongerwa gare gare muna 2025, kusanganisira imwe kubva muna Nyamavhuvhu kusvika Gumiguru uye imwe kubva muna Gumiguru 2025 kusvika Kurume 2026. Mugwagwa mukuru ucharamba wakavhurika panguva yeSturgis Motorcycle Rally, nemikoto yese yakavhurwa kubva muna Chikunguru 30 kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 11, 2025, kuti igadzirire kuwanda kwevashanyi.

Dzimwe nzvimbo dzekutandarira muBlack Hills National Sango dzinokanganiswawo nekuvakwa uku. The Pactola Visitor Center ichavharwa muzhizha rose, uye pier yakakurumbira yekubata hove paSheridan Lake ichave isingasviki kubva munaApril 21 kusvika June 13, 2025. Kuvharwa uku, pamwe chete nekushanda kwemugwagwa kunoramba kuripo, kuchaita kuti kupinda kune dzimwe nzvimbo kuve kwakaoma, izvo zvinogona kukanganisa mabhizimisi ari pedyo nenzvimbo yekuvaka.

Zvisinei nekuvhiringidzika uku, mabhizinesi emuno anoramba akavhurika uye ari kugadzirisa kune shanduko. Varidzi vemabhizinesi vakadaidzira zvikwangwani zvakajeka kubatsira vashanyi kufamba munzira uye kusvika kwavanoenda, kunyanya zvinokwezva zvemuno uye marinas. Kunyange hazvo paine zvimhingamipinyi izvi, varidzi vemabhizinesi vazhinji vakashuma kuti mashandiro avo haana kukanganiswa zvakanyanya, nevashanyi vachiri kutsvaga nzira dzekunakidzwa nenzvimbo iyi.

Sezvineiwo, kunyangwe basa remumigwagwa, dunhu rakaona kuwedzera kwe2.8% yemari yekushanya muna 2024, zvichienzaniswa negore rapfuura. Vatungamiri vekushanyirwa kwenyika vanoti kubudirira uku kunobva pakuedza kuri kuramba kuchiitwa neSDOTT, masangano ezvekushanya emunharaunda, uye vezvenhau, avo vakazivisa veruzhinji nezvemamiriro echirongwa ichi uye mafambiro enzvimbo dzakakanganisika.

Tichitarisa mberi, vakuru vezvekushanyirwa kwenyika vari kukurudzira vashanyi kuti varonge nzira dzavo pachine nguva uye kutora mukana wedzimwe nzira dzenharaunda. “Kunyange zvazvo kuvaka kuchigona kukonzera kunonotsa, Black Hills inopa dzimwe nzira dzakawanda dzakaisvonaka dzokuti vafambi vaongorore,” akadaro mumwe mukuru mukuru. "Tinokurudzira munhu wese kuti arambe aine moyo murefu, kuronga pachine nguva mberi, uye nekushandisa zvakanyanya runako runoshamisa rwunopihwa nenzvimbo yedu."

Nepo basa remumugwagwa rinogona kukonzera kusagadzikana kwechinguvana, mabhenefiti enguva refu epurojekiti achavandudza zvakanyanya kuchengetedzwa, kuwana, uye ruzivo rwekufamba rwevashanyi. Kana yapera, US 385 ichave yakachengeteka, inowanikwa nyore, uye yakavimbika zvakanyanya, ichivandudza zvese zviri zviviri zvivakwa zvemuno uye ruzivo rwekushanya. Iyi purojekiti, kunyangwe zvipingamupinyi zvayo zvenguva pfupi, yakakosha kudyara mune ramangwana redunhu, kuve nechokwadi chekuti Black Hills inoramba iri nzvimbo yepamusoro yevafambi kwemakore anotevera.