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Pine Creek (unorg) over Pine Ck

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

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

Pine Creek (unorg) over Pine Ck in Mellette 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 1 (imminent failure condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1992, making it 33 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 28 inventoried bridges in Mellette County rated poor (7.1%); 2 (7.1%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	5W & 0.8S White River
NBI structure number	000000048200218
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Irr Ar US083 over Horse Head Ck	1966	1,525	Fair
Irr Ar US083 over Ck	1965	1,525	Good
US083 over Little White Rv	2022	1,188	Good
US083 over White Rv	2021	1,188	Good
SD044 over Little White Rv	1973	739	Fair
Irr Ar SD044 over Corn Ck	1980	420	Good