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Ellis & Eastern Big Sioux River Bridge

Minnehaha County, South Dakota
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View from 11th Street Viaduct

Photo taken in Summer 1999 by Jason Smith

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Overview
Lattice through truss bridge over Big Sioux River on Ellis & Eastern Railroad just south of 10th and 11th Street Viaducts in Sioux Falls
Location
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1893
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 380.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.54453, -96.71947   (decimal degrees)
43°32'40" N, 96°43'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/684235/4823813 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Sioux Falls East
Inventory number
BH 36191 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Big Sioux River (47)
Built 1893 (121)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Deck girder (1,800)
Ellis & Eastern Railroad (3)
Girder (3,236)
Lattice through truss (198)
Lattice truss (265)
Minnehaha County, South Dakota (59)
Open (28,309)
 Owned by railroad (4,039)
Pedimented portal bracing (29)
Plate girder (2,250)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (80)
Railroad (4,070)
Riveted (1,011)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (20)
South Dakota (424)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,567)

Update Log 

  • October 12, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added categories "Big Sioux River", "Riveted"
  • August 8, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category"Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", added build date
  • March 28, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added GPS
  • February 6, 2008: Added by Jason Smith

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BNSF Railroad Bridge
Posted April 30, 2008, by Randy Brush

I see railroad bridges over Big Sioux River. It was open about 1888. I know It is over 120 years old. thank you show of old railroad bridge.