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252ND Street over West Pipestone Creek

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

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

252ND Street over West Pipestone Creek in Minnehaha 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 deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 72 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 195 of the 394 inventoried bridges in Minnehaha County rated fair (49.5%); 36 (9.1%) 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 tee beam
Length	about 56 ft
Location	1.1W & 1N Garretson
NBI structure number	000000050299080
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I229 over Ck	1959	43,830	Fair
West 12TH Street over Big Sioux River	1997	40,100	Good
E 10TH St over I229	1995	35,954	Fair
I229 over W 57TH St	1995	34,780	Good
I029 S over Skunk Ck	1989	33,310	Fair
I029 N over Skunk Ck	1989	33,310	Fair