Forest City Bridge

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File:FOREST CITY BRIDGE, DEWEY COUNTY, SD.jpg

Photo taken by JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ, MD

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

BH Photo #276460

Overview: Through truss bridge over Missouri River (Oahe Lake) on US 212
Location: Dewey County, South Dakota, and Potter County, South Dakota
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1958; rehabilitated 1980
Design: Cantilevered Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 449.8 ft.
Total length: 4,619.6 ft. (0.9 mi.)
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 2001
Approximate latitude, longitude: +45.01475, -100.29464 (decimal degrees)
45°00'53" N, 100°17'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/397988/4985404 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Patch Skin Buttes SE
Average daily traffic (as of 2017): 529
Inventory numbers: SD 54-056-158 (South Dakota structure number)
NRHP 01001217 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 32306 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 58.4 (out of 100)
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Forest City Bridge

Posted September 20, 2020, by Tom Hoffman

Wow! Looks like this one has six towers! Its probably more towers than any other cantaliever truss in the US.

Very Spectacular Bridge!