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Yellow Creek Road over Whitewood Ck

Lawrence County, South Dakota · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Yellow Creek Road over Whitewood Ck in Lawrence County, South Dakota, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1979, making it 46 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 69 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 136 inventoried bridges in Lawrence County rated poor (11.8%); 16 (11.8%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 61 ft
Location	0.5 South of Lead
NBI structure number	000000041148183
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Jackson Blvd over Spearfish Ck	1966	12,135	Fair
US014A Pine St over Whitewood Ck	1967	11,370	Fair
US014A over I090	2016	10,868	Good
I090 W over Sandstone Dr	1970	10,406	Fair
I090 E over Sandstone Dr	1970	10,406	Good
US014A over Ck	1994	9,638	Good