Railroad Bridges in South Dakota



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BNSF Moccasin Creek Bridge (North)

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BNSF Moccasin Creek Bridge (North)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #P-72)

This through plate girder bridge crosses Moccasin Creek south of Aberdeen

Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1916

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design: 2-40' through plate girders

Through plate girder bridge over Moccasin Creek

Significance:

Local

Beadle Park Railroad Bridge (East)

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Beadle Park Railroad Bridge (East)

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #146.0)

This deck plate girder bridge is the eastern railroad bridge in Beadle Park

Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Great Northern Railway

Design: 6-73' and 1-54' deck plate girders

Deck plate girder bridge over Big Sioux River

Significance:

Local

RCP&E Medicine Creek Bridge #1

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RCP&E Medicine Creek Bridge #1

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #222)

This through plate girder bridge crosses Medicine Creek east of Blunt

Blunt, Hughes County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 60' through plate girder

Through plate girder bridge over Medicine Creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Whetstone River Bridge

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BNSF Whetstone River Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-266)

This massive concrete arch bridge crosses the Whetstone River in Big Stone City

Big Stone City, Grant County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Railroad/Original Owner:

Design: 2-60' closed spandrel concrete arches

Concrete arch bridge over Whetstone River

Significance:

Moderate

DAIR Big Sioux River Bridge (Oak Ridge)

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DAIR Big Sioux River Bridge (Oak Ridge)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #T-598)

This Pratt pony truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line across the Big Sioux River north of Hudson

Hudson, Lincoln County, South Dakota to Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: D&I Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1932 using spans fabricated 1900 and 1904

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design: 123' Pratt pony truss, 50' deck plate girder, 43-14' steel stringers and timber pile trestle

Pratt pony truss bridge over Big Sioux River

Significance:

Regional