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RCPE - Cheyenne River Bridge

Pennington County, South Dakota

Photos 

Looking East

RR bridge to the south of the highway bridge.

Photo taken by Clark Vance in Aug 2010

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BH Photo #182453

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Originally built in approximately 1885 at an unknown location, two spans relocated here in 1927

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Cheyenne River on Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad
Location
Pennington County, South Dakota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927, Using two Ca. 1885 Spans
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Spans #2 and #3)
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois (Spans #1 and #4)
Railroads
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (DME)
- Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (RCP&E)
Design
Two Warren through trusses in the middle, lattice through trusses on the ends, trestle approaches.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 159.0 ft.
Total length: 1,370.0 ft.
Also called
CNW - Cheyenne River Bridge
CNW - Bridge #1813
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.08028, -102.40088   (decimal degrees)
44°04'49" N, 102°24'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/708103/4884074 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wasta
Land survey
T. 1 N., R. 14 E., Sec 2
Elevation
2290 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 46494 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (420)
American Bridge Co. (1,505)
Beam (15,712)
Built 1927 (861)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Canadian Pacific Railway (559)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,404)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (342)
Have street view (26,945)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (220)
Lattice through truss (554)
Lattice truss (586)
Open (39,884)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
Pedimented portal bracing (60)
 Pennington County, South Dakota (33)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (181)
Railroad (15,411)
Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (47)
Relocated (890)
Riveted (2,165)
South Dakota (665)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,219)
Through truss (15,058)
Timber stringer (4,015)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)
Truss (32,778)
Warren through truss (1,615)
Warren through truss with all verticals (400)
Warren truss (6,564)

Update Log 

  • July 27, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 27, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • October 13, 2010: Added by Clark Vance

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

CP - Cheyenne River Bridge
Posted July 12, 2017, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Pieces of this structure were reportedly built in 1885 at Winona, Minnesota as part of a long bridge. They were relocated here sometime around the turn of the 20th century. There are several other bridges like this on the line.