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Photo taken by David Yates

Overview: Through truss bridge over Missouri River (Francis Case Lake) on Dakota Southern Railroad
Location: Chamberlain, Brule County, South Dakota, and Lyman County, South Dakota
Status: Open to traffic, but rarely used
History: Built 1953 with the construction of Francis Case Lake, replacing an earlier 1923 bridge
Builder: - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Design: Main spans: Two polygonal Warren through trusses
Approaches: Warren deck trusses
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.79796, -99.35803 (decimal degrees)
43°47'53" N, 99°21'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/471197/4849495 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Chamberlain
Inventory number: BH 43415 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

August 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder & railroad pertaining cetegories.
August 21, 2012: New photos from Quinn Phelan
June 29, 2011: New photos from Clark Vance
September 28, 2010: New photos from Nathan Holth
September 27, 2009: Added by David Backlin

Chamberlain Railroad Bridge

Posted June 29, 2011, by Anonymous

I love this bridge. I wish it saw more traffic.

Chamberlain Railroad Bridge

Posted June 29, 2011, by Anonymous

I love this bridge, although I wish it saw more traffic

Chamberlain Railroad Bridge

Posted November 2, 2010, by david yates (david_y [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

There is footage of someone driving a Speeder across the bridge on YouTube and I suspect that is the only type of traffic this bridge sees.

Chamberlain Railroad Bridge

Posted September 5, 2010, by DAVID YATES (david_y [at] bellsouth [dot] net)

Found this bridge while traveling on I90 and thought the bridge deserved some pictures. Wish I had taken some close up shots.