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Elmsprings Rd. over Bull Ck

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

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

Elmsprings Rd. over Bull Ck in Meade 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 substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 60 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 27 of the 213 inventoried bridges in Meade County rated poor (12.7%); 27 (12.7%) 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 tee beam
Length	about 41 ft
Location	1.8W 4N Elm Springs
NBI structure number	000000047499460
Condition class	Poor

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