This historic quadrangular lattice through truss bridge crosses Split Rock Creek in Brandon

Brandon, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Owner: Ellis & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1891

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago and James McClure of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
126' quadrangular lattice through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Split Rock Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is the eastern crossing of Medicine Creek in Presho

Presho, Lyman County, South Dakota

Owner: Ringneck & Western Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1923 using a span fabricated 1913

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
45' through plate girder and trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Medicine 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 quadrangular lattice through truss bridge crosses the Bad River west of Fort Pierre

Fort Pierre, Stanley County, South Dakota

Owner: Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1927 using a secondhand truss fabricated 1885

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
160' quadrangular lattice through truss and trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Bad River

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 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 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 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 Warren pony truss bridge crosses Split Rock Creek in Corson

Corson, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway

Design:
120' Warren pony truss and deck plate girder

Description:
Warren pony truss bridge over Split Rock 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: