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Yellow Dog Hill Rd over Crow Creek

Buffalo County, South Dakota · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Yellow Dog Hill Rd over Crow Creek in Buffalo County, South Dakota, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 25 inventoried bridges in Buffalo County rated fair (64.0%); 1 (4.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 103 ft
Location	3S & 11.4W of Gann Valley
NBI structure number	000000009174140
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the South Dakota department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Bia Rte 4 over Campbell Creek	2013	1,720	Good
SD045 over Crow Ck	1960	949	Fair
Irr SD050 over Wolf Ck	1954	928	Fair
Irr SD050 over Crow Ck	1999	928	Good
Irr SD034 over East Fork Soldier Ck	1962	918	Fair
Irr SD047 over Soldier Ck	1963	917	Fair