SD044 over Vermillion Rv

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

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

• SD044 over Vermillion Rv in Turner 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 1,004 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 54 of the 143 inventoried bridges in Turner County rated fair (37.8%); 38 (26.6%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• It was rated good in the 2024 inventory and is now fair (deck 7 to 6, superstructure 7 to 6).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated August 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• 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.

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

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