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RCPE - Bad River Bridge #14

Stanley County, South Dakota

Photos 

Photo taken by Jerry Huddleson

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #242173

Map 

Description 

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

Facts 

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)

Categories 

19th Century (7,563)
Beam (15,712)
Built 1885 (182)
Built during 1880s (1,992)
Canadian Pacific Railway (559)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,404)
Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern Railroad (342)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (220)
Lattice through truss (554)
Lattice truss (586)
Open (39,884)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
Pedimented portal bracing (60)
 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)
Stanley County, South Dakota (13)
Through truss (15,058)
Timber stringer (4,015)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)
Truss (32,778)

Update Log 

  • July 22, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 29, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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