Mitchell once had three railroads, including two branch lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway (Milwaukee Road), and a branch line of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road). Today, BNSF Railway owns the north-south Milwaukee Road line, as well as the line heading east from Mitchell, while Ringneck and Western Railroad owns the former Milwaukee Road west of Mitchell. The Omaha Road has been abandoned.
BNSF Lake Mitchell Bridge
BNSF Lake Mitchell Bridge
(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #P-6)
This deck plate girder bridge crosses Lake Mitchell (Firesteel Creek) north of Mitchell
Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1906, 1911, 1919 and 1927
by
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Unknown
for
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
3 span deck plate girder
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Lake Mitchell (Firesteel Creek)
Significance:
