Railroad Bridges in , South Dakota


Random Bridges

RCP&E 8th Street Bridge

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RCP&E 8th Street Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #H-272)

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:

Local

Mickelson Trail - Whitewood Creek Bridge

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Mickelson Trail - Whitewood Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #106.41)

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:

Local

BNSF 413th Avenue Bridge

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BNSF 413th Avenue Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #O-396)

This concrete slab bridge crosses 413th Avenue west of Andover

Andover, Day County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 413th Avenue

Significance:

Local

RCP&E Bad River Bridge #11

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RCP&E Bad River Bridge #11

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #1531)

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:

Moderate

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

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Medicine Creek

Significance:

Local

RWRR Rapid Creek Bridge #4

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RWRR Rapid Creek Bridge #4

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #W-274)

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:

Local

BNSF James River Bridge (Yankton)

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BNSF James River Bridge (Yankton)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #T-368)

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:

Regional

Beadle Park Railroad Bridge (West)

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Beadle Park Railroad Bridge (West)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #P-125)

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge is the western railroad bridge at Beadle Park

Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Owner: Ellis & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1893

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
2-148' quadrangular lattice through trusses and concrete modular girder

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Big Sioux River

Significance:

Regional

BNSF SD-105 Bridge (East)

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BNSF SD-105 Bridge (East)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #T-252 1/2)

This steel stringer bridge is the eastern 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:

Local

RCP&E Cheyenne River Bridge (Oral)

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RCP&E Cheyenne River Bridge (Oral)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #H-86)

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:

Regional