Cheyenne River Bridge

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Photo taken by James McCray

BH Photo #208167

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Cheyenne River on CR 656, 11.7 mi. east and 0.8 mi. north of Buffalo Gap
Location: Custer County, South Dakota
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1934; replaced 2014
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 150.9 ft.
Total length: 693.9 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.5 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 8, 1988
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.50194, -103.07472 (decimal degrees)
43°30'07" N, 103°04'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/655644/4818357 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Fairburn SE
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 100
Inventory numbers: SD 17-496-252 (South Dakota structure number)
NRHP 88000024 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 32193 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2016): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 91.3 (out of 100)
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Posted April 27, 2016, by Lou Merchen (WASTA20 [at] GMAIL [dot] COM)

This 1934 bridge is now gone. It was replaced by

a five-span pre-stressed girder style in late

summer 2014. Ribbon cutting ceremony was held

Sept. 5th, 2014