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Ellis & Eastern Big Sioux River Bridge

Minnehaha County, South Dakota
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Photos 

Side view

Photo taken Summer 1999 by Jason Smith

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Quadrangular truss bridge with trestle approaches on Ellis & Eastern Railroad
Location
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Status
Open to railroad traffic
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 325.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.54763, -96.76915   (decimal degrees)
43°32'51" N, 96°46'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/680211/4824048 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Sioux Falls West
Inventory number
BH 32276 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,156)
Big Sioux River (48)
Ellis & Eastern Railroad (3)
Lattice through truss (202)
Lattice truss (269)
Minnehaha County, South Dakota (60)
Open (28,454)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Pedimented portal bracing (29)
 Quadrangular lattice through truss (80)
Riveted (1,019)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (20)
South Dakota (425)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,307)
Through truss (9,254)
Timber stringer (1,894)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,382)
Truss (23,615)

Update Log 

  • October 12, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added categories "Big Sioux River", "Riveted"
  • December 3, 2005: Posted photos from Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net

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