Vale Bridge

Vale Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Vale, South Dakota
Coordinates	44°37′45″N103°23′13″W / 44.62917°N 103.38694°W / 44.62917; -103.38694
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906
Built by	Canton Bridge Company
Architectural style	Pratt through truss
MPS	Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS
NRHP reference No.	99000954 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 5, 1999

The Vale Bridge near Vale, South Dakota brings a local road over the Belle Fourche River. Built in 1906, It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. ^[1]

It is a Pratt through truss bridge produced by the Canton Bridge Company. Its main span is a 142 feet (43 m) steel, pin-connected truss. Together with four timber approach spans, it is 236 feet (72 m) long. ^[2]

It is located one mile east and 0.6 miles north of Vale. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Jennifer Traeger; Johnson Johnson (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Vale Bridge / South Dakota Dept. of Trans. Br. No. 10-329-404". National Park Service . Retrieved January 17, 2018. With three photos from 1989.