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138TH Street over N. Fork Whetstone Rv

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

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

138TH Street over N. Fork Whetstone Rv in Roberts 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 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 35 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 40 of the 158 inventoried bridges in Roberts County rated poor (25.3%); 40 (25.3%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	2.8E & 1.8S of Wilmot
NBI structure number	000000055208380
Condition class	Poor

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

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Irr SD010 over Ck	2019	7,072	Good
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458TH Avenue over Creek	1941	5,850	Fair
459TH Avenue over Creek	1941	5,850	Good
Irr I029 over Big Spring Ck	1978	5,340	Fair