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194TH St. over Whitewood Ck

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

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

194TH St. over Whitewood Ck in Meade 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 superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 90 of the 213 inventoried bridges in Meade County rated fair (42.3%); 27 (12.7%) 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	Prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 149 ft
Location	12.0 N 0.6 W Sturgis
NBI structure number	000000047024310
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I090 over Rc P&e RR	2008	21,020	Fair
I090 over Ck	1957	20,060	Fair
I090 over Alkali Ck	1947	18,840	Fair
I090 over Pleasant Valley Ck	2023	18,420	Good
I090 over Rcp&e RR	1981	18,420	Fair
I090 over Ck	1956	18,420	Good