South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 03-327-230

Local rd. over Pearl Cr., Cavour, South Dakota. County/parish: Beadle.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 09, 1993. NRIS 93001261.

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 03-327-230

The South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 03-327-230, in Beadle County, South Dakota near Cavour, was a Queen post pony truss bridge which was built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

It brought a local road over Pearl Creek about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Cavour.

It was built by the Iowa Bridge Company. In 1993 it was the longest Queen post pony truss bridge with a known builder in South Dakota.

The bridge was removed and scrapped in 2016.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93203390

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