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White River Bridge
Description
Bridge looks like its missing at least 2 spans.The description here suggests a build date just prior to 1920: https://books.google.com/books?id=VVN-PFaS9RQC&lpg=PA106&ots...
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over White River on Abandoned A Street
- Location
- Mellette County, South Dakota, and Jackson County, South Dakota
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- Belvidere Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.79743, -101.22316 (decimal degrees)
43°47'51" N, 101°13'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/321153/4851776 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Stamford SW
- Inventory number
- BH 72586 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 13, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added photos from Jess Brown
- June 24, 2016: Added by J.P.
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
Comments
Abandoned White River Bridge
I visited this location in October of 2015. We were able to drive up to within 200 feet of the bridge on a public road from the south. When I was a kid I remember crossing this bridge several times, riding with my mom. There was a sign on the North side that said "Cross At Your Own Risk". Not sure when it washed out.
Abandoned White River Bridge
I was unable to find any information on this bridge. So if anybody knows anything or knows of a good place to get some research that would be awesome.
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If you look at historic aerial photographs available online back to 1948 it appears that the bridge is indeed intact and that the river substantially changed course after 1991.