This deck plate girder bridge crosses Beaver Creek in Buffalo Gap

Buffalo Gap, Custer County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company (Gary, Indiana Plant) and M.F. Morrissey Co of Chadron, Nebraska

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-40' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Beaver Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Foot Creek on the west side of Aberdeen

Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-45' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Foot Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Whitewood Creek in Deadwood

Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Owner: State of South Dakota

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
57' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Whitewood Creek

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge crosses the Bad River between Midland and Philip

Midland, Haakon County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1928 using a secondhand truss fabricated 1886

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
142' quadrangular lattice through truss and trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Bad River

Significance:

This large Pratt through truss bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway secondary line over the Cheyenne River near Oral

Oral, Fall River County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910 using secondhand trusses fabricated 1898

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and Cleary-White Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-172' and 1-196' Pratt through trusses, 1-44' and 6-38' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Cheyenne 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 steel stringer bridge is the western crossing of South Dakota Highway 105 in North Sioux City

North Sioux City, Union County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
35' steel stringer and trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Main Street (South Dakota Highway 105)

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Pierre Street in downtown Pierre

Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

Worden-Allen Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-37' through plate girders and 2-16' steel stringers

Description:
Trough floor through plate girder bridge over Pierre Street

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:

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: