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Full Throttle Saloon Bridge #2

Meade County, South Dakota
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Photo taken by James McCray

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over the Full Throttle Saloon property on a stage and a bar
Location
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built in 1912 by the Canton Bridge Company over the Belle Fourche River in Butte County, moved in 2008 to the Full Throttle Saloon.
Builder
- Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.41435, -103.45239   (decimal degrees)
44°24'52" N, 103°27'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/623211/4919060 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fort Meade
Inventory number
BH 47905 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1912 (526)
Built during 1910s (6,760)
Canton Bridge Co. (140)
Meade County, South Dakota (5)
Open to pedestrians (1,959)
Owned privately (558)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
 Pratt truss (5,687)
Preserved (662)
South Dakota (425)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,740)
Sturgis, South Dakota (2)
Through truss (9,254)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2012: New photos from James McCray
  • February 1, 2011: Added by James McCray

Related Bridges 

  • Full Throttle Saloon Bridge #1 (Parts reused from) - The Bismarck Bridge was a two-span bridge that was relocated and reused as two different structures.

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Full Throttle Saloon Bridge #2
Posted February 1, 2011, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Yup.....It's a Canton bridge!

Full Throttle Saloon Bridge #2
Posted February 1, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge's portal has frills on it like Canton Bridge Company might have built it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmurphpix/3810660846/