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BNSF - Moccasin Creek Bridge

Brown County, South Dakota

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BNSF Moccasin Creek Bridge

Overview

Photo taken by John Marvig in March 2019

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BH Photo #445518

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Build date comes from the Milwaukee Road Archives at the Milwaukee Central Library.

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Moccasin Creek on BNSF Railway
Location
Brown County, South Dakota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1916
Builder
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 116.0 ft.
Also called
MILW Bridge #P-72
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.38060, -98.49491   (decimal degrees)
45°22'50" N, 98°29'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/539544/5025355 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 84743 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,589)
Brown County, South Dakota (38)
Built 1916 (727)
Built during 1910s (9,968)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,108)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,893)
Open (40,970)
 Owned by railroad (13,494)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,455)
South Dakota (706)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,218)
Through girder (4,189)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,372)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (174)

Update Log 

  • May 8, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: Added build date
  • March 28, 2019: New photos from John Marvig
  • March 24, 2019: New Street View added by Jeff Wieland
  • March 23, 2019: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jeff Wieland

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