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 Rapid Creek in Rapid City

Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota

Owner: Ringneck & Western Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1937 using spans fabricated 1898

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-72' through plate girders and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Rapid Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses an unnamed creek alongside Redwood Boulevard

Brandon, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1943 using spans fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3-30' deck plate girders and trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

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 quadrangular lattice through truss bridge crosses the Bad River in Fort Pierre

Fort Pierre, Stanley County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-131' quadrangular lattice through trusses, steel stringer and timber trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Bad River

Significance:

This Quadrangular lattice through truss carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway secondary line across Boxelder Creek in Black Hawk

Black Hawk, Pennington County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1918 using spans fabricated c. 1880

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-127' quadrangular lattice through trusses

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss over Boxelder Creek

Significance:

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 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 1924

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 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 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: