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

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Medicine Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Rapid Creek in rural Pennington County

Creston, Pennington County, South Dakota

Owner: Ringneck & Western Railroad

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1924 and 1935 using spans fabricated c. 1922 and c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-60' deck plate girders and trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Rapid Creek

Significance:

This unique deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over Snake Creek east of Mina

Mina, Brown County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910 using secondhand spans fabricated 1887 and 1888

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
65' and 45' deck plate girder and concrete arch skeleton abutment

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Snake Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses 8th Street in Sturgis

Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
60' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 8th Street

Significance:

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

Design:
2-60' closed spandrel concrete arches

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Whetstone River

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge crosses the Bad River in rural Stanley County

Fort Pierre, Stanley County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1926

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
131' quadrangular lattice through truss and trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Bad River

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge crosses 4th Street in Milbank

Milbank, Grant County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910 and widened 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-16', 2-12' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 4th Street

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 the S. Fork Whetstone River in Milbank

Milbank, Grant County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
65' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over S. Fork Whetstone River

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: