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:

This concrete slab bridge crosses 452nd Avenue east of Ortley

Ortley, Roberts County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 452nd Avenue

Significance:

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

Great Northern Railway

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

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Big Sioux River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Plum Creek in rural Stanley County

Wendte, Stanley County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Clinton Bridge Works of Clinton, Iowa

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Plum Creek

Significance:

This through truss bridge crosses the James River east of Yankton

Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1932 using a truss span fabricated c. 1895

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
136' Pratt through truss and trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over James River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Belle Fourche River in Belle Fourche

Belle Fourche, Butte County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1920

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder and concrete modular girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Belle Fourche River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is one of two similar bridges across Whitewood Creek along Whitewood Creek Road

Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Owner: Lawrence County

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1908

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
80' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Whitewood Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Vermillion River west of Vermillion

Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1965 using spans fabricated 1914

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-60' through plate girders and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Vermillion River

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge is the seventh crossing of the Bad River along the former Chicago & North Western Railway and is located near the ghost town of Capa

Capa, Jones County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1929 using a secondhand truss fabricated 1885

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
160' quadrangular lattice through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Bad River

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge carries an out of service railroad across the Cheyenne River in rural Pennington County

Creston, Pennington County, South Dakota

Owner: Ringneck & Western Railroad

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1907

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
3-162' Pratt through trusses, 2-73' deck plate girders and trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Cheyenne River

Significance: