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DAIR Big Sioux River Bridge

Minnehaha County, South Dakota
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View from roadway bridge

Photo taken in Summer 1998 by Jason Smith

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Overview
Through Plate Girder Bridge over Big Sioux River on D&I Railroad
Location
Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Status
Open to traffic
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)
USGS topographic map
Dell Rapids
Inventory number
BH 36210 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,667)
Big Sioux River (51)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (376)
Dakota & Iowa Railroad (9)
Girder (3,944)
Minnehaha County, South Dakota (65)
Open (29,409)
Owned by railroad (4,905)
 Plate girder (2,827)
Railroad (5,598)
South Dakota (451)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,836)
Through girder (1,428)
Timber stringer (2,010)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,250)

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 - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • John Marvig - johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net

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