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DAIR - Fairview Bridge

Lincoln County, South Dakota, and Sioux County, Iowa

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken 1998 by Jason Smith

BH Photo #108782

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Girders originally built Ca. 1900 at Bridge #B-28 (now filled in) near Wauwautosa, Wisconsin and moved here 1911. Girders reconfigured in structure upon addition of pony truss span in 1931. Information comes from CMStP&P records at the South Dakota Historical Society.

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Big Sioux River on the Dakota & Iowa Railroad
Location
Fairview, Lincoln County, South Dakota, and Sioux County, Iowa
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built Ca. 1900; girders moved here 1911; Truss added 1932
Builder
- Lakeside Bridge & Steel Co. of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Truss)
Railroads
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Dakota & Iowa Railroad (DAIR; D&I)
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 136.0 ft.
Total length: 570.0 ft.
Also called
MILW Bridge #T-618
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.22382, -96.48821   (decimal degrees)
43°13'26" N, 96°29'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/703991/4788732 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fairview
Inventory number
BH 32251 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

8-panel truss (554)
Beam (16,984)
Big Sioux River (72)
Built 1932 (993)
Built during 1930s (12,200)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,111)
Dakota & Iowa Railroad (14)
Fairview, South Dakota (1)
Girder (11,241)
Have street view (29,309)
Iowa (6,812)
Lakeside Bridge & Steel Co. (13)
Lincoln County, South Dakota (24)
Open (41,013)
Owned by railroad (13,597)
 Plate girder (8,786)
Pony truss (17,099)
Railroad (16,555)
Relocated (1,045)
Riveted (2,578)
Sioux County, Iowa (38)
South Dakota (721)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,464)
State line crossing (924)
Steel stringer (6,750)
Through girder (4,215)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,101)
Truss (36,113)
Warren pony truss (3,584)
Warren truss (7,058)

Update Log 

  • April 24, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • October 16, 2021: New Street View added by Jeff Wieland
  • October 16, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added information from SDSHS files
  • February 25, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added build dates
  • January 2, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • October 26, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added categories "Big Sioux River", "Riveted"
  • January 30, 2006: Posted photo from Jason Smith

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DAIR - Fairview Bridge
Posted October 16, 2021, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I found a builder on this bridge and the identical bridge at Hudson, SD: Lakeside Bridge & Steel Company. Before today, I had never heard of them. This particular pony truss design had stumped me for years-only one bridge had a plaque, which listed American Bridge Company.

However, bridges such as:

http://bridgehunter.com/mn/steele/medford-railroad/

http://bridgehunter.com/ia/clayton/bh51454/

http://bridgehunter.com/ia/pottawattamie/bh53681/

seem to all be missing plaques (or the plaque is well hidden), possibly suggesting further work by Lakeside for the Milwaukee Road. I would assume the 1932 spans near Neola, Iowa also used Lakeside, but I will work on confirming the other spans with unknown dates.