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DAIR - Big Sioux River Bridge

Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Photo 

View from roadway bridge

Photo taken in Summer 1998 by Jason Smith

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BH Photo #111449

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through Plate Girder Bridge over Big Sioux River on D&I Railroad
Location
Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Dakota & Iowa Railroad (DAIR; D&I)
Design
Pony plate girder and trestle
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 162.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.79633, -96.72952   (decimal degrees)
43°47'47" N, 96°43'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/682657/4851757 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dell Rapids
Inventory number
BH 36210 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,804)
Big Sioux River (66)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,041)
Dakota & Iowa Railroad (8)
Girder (10,299)
Minnehaha County, South Dakota (74)
Open (39,979)
Owned by railroad (12,498)
 Plate girder (7,983)
Railroad (15,601)
South Dakota (665)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Through girder (3,842)
Timber stringer (4,028)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,937)

Update Log 

  • June 1, 2013: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • October 12, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added category "Big Sioux River"
  • July 20, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated Categories
  • June 19, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Added map
  • February 6, 2008: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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