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 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 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 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 through plate girder bridge crosses Moccasin Creek south of Aberdeen

Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1916

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-40' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Moccasin Creek

Significance:

This Warren through truss bridge carries a pedestrian trail across the Big Sioux River alongside Interstate 229

Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Owner: City of Sioux Falls

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1906

by

Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania

for

Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway

Design:
148' Warren through truss and trestle

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over Big Sioux River

Significance:

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:

This historic quadrangular lattice through truss bridge crosses the Big Sioux River west of Brandon

Brandon, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Owner: Ellis & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1887

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
150' quadrangular lattice through truss and concrete modular girder

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Big Sioux River

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 concrete slab bridge crosses County Road 35 (419th Avenue) west of Bristol

Bristol, Day County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
29' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over County Road 35 (419th Avenue)

Significance: