Bridgehunter.com | RCP&E - Bad River Bridge #14

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Photo taken by Jerry Huddleson

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

BH Photo #242173

Built 1885 in Winona, Minnesota as a Mississippi River Crossing, Was once located in spans #12-16

Overview: Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Bad River on Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad
Location: Stanley County, South Dakota
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1885 in Winona, Relocated here Ca. 1928
Builder: - Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads: - Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (DME)
- Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad (RCP&E)
Design: Quadrangular lattice through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 159.0 ft.
Total length: 1,025.0 ft.
Also called: CNW Bridge #1508
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.33588, -100.37887 (decimal degrees)
44°20'09" N, 100°22'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/390075/4910103 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Pierre SW
Inventory number: BH 54202 (Bridgehunter.com ID)