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Ellis & Eastern Brandon Crossing Bridge

Minnehaha County, South Dakota
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View from the south side

These photos were taken from nearby roads. Unfortunately, the property surrounding the bridge was fenced off completely. Henceforth, I tried to focus in with the camera and with the photo print program.

Photo taken in 1998 by Jason Smith

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Facts 

Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Big Sioux River at Split Rock Creek Confluence on BNSF Railway in Brandon
Location
Brandon, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1889 by the Lassig Bridge & Iron Works for the Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha Railroads (later Chicago and Northwestern)
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss with trestle approaches on both ends.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 470.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.59917, -96.59997   (decimal degrees)
43°35'57" N, 96°35'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/693713/4830154 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Brandon
Inventory number
BH 36416 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Beam (6,048)
Big Sioux River (47)
Brandon, South Dakota (1)
Built 1889 (117)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Chicago & North Western Railway (470)
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (17)
Ellis & Eastern Railroad (3)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (39)
Lattice through truss (198)
 Lattice truss (265)
Minnehaha County, South Dakota (59)
Open (28,314)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (80)
South Dakota (424)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Through truss (9,210)
Timber stringer (1,859)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • October 12, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added category "Big Sioux River"
  • September 8, 2011: Updated by J.P.: added builder and owner and build date.
  • March 28, 2008: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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BNSF Brandon Crossing Bridge
Posted February 23, 2012, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

This bridge is actually ex CNW.

And this bridge can be accessed by walking down the tracks...