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Minnesela Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Coordinates	44°38′28″N 103°49′19″W / 44.64111°N 103.82194°W / 44.64111; -103.82194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1917
Built by	Concrete Engineering Co.
Architectural style	Vernacular
MPS	Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS
NRHP reference No.	93001277
Added to NRHP	December 9, 1993

The Minnesela Bridge is a historic bridge located in Butte County, South Dakota. Formally known as South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 10-114-395, it passes over Redwater Creek about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Belle Fourche. It was built in 1917 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 as part of the Historic Bridges in South Dakota Multiple Property Submission. It was one of the earliest concrete bridges constructed in the state. Concrete Engineering Company built multiple concrete bridges in the Rapid City area in the late 1910s, and due to the quality of their construction, many have survived. The bride was built at a cost of $2,588. Its common name is in reference to the nearby site of the ghost town of Minnesela, which sits just a few feet east of the bridge.

Architecture

It is a single-span concrete deck arch bridge measuring 25 by 49 feet (7.6 by 14.9 m) long. Concrete Engineering Company designed it in a vernacular style. The arch is a segmental barrel arch with filled spandrels and recessed panels. It has a balustrade along the bridge and wing walls which "appears as crenelation pierced by semi-circular arches." The guardrails have decorative castellated beams.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Mary McCormick; Lon Johnson (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Minnesela Bridge / South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 10-114-395". National Park Service. Retrieved March 6, 2018. With two photos from 1989.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Butte County, South Dakota
Districts	Belle Fourche Commercial Historic District Butte–Lawrence County Fairgrounds Nicholas Augustus Viken Homestead Soper-Behymer Ranch
Other properties	Alexander Hoover House Belle Fourche Band Shell Belle Fourche Dam Belle Fourche Experiment Farm Butte County Courthouse and Historic Jail Building Carl Friedrick Gartner Homestead Chambers Dugout Charles and Eleanor Small House Charles Bolles House Ditchrider House First Congregational United Church of Christ Fred S. Harris House Fruitdale School Fruitdale Store Hay Creek Bridge Hoover Store John Aaron Scotney House Langdon School Lincoln School Minnesela Bridge Newell Depot Bridge Newell High School Roosevelt School Snoma Finnish Cemetery South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 10-109-360 South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 10-270-338 Stonelake Bridge Thomas Haskins Gay House Tri State Bakery Vale Bridge Vale Cut Off Belle Fourche River Bridge Vale School Wide Awake Grocery Building William G. Kenaston House William Johnson House
Former listings	Belle Fourche River Bridge Fruitdale Bridge Nisland Bridge Olson Bridge South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 10-112-355
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Butte County, South Dakota and List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota

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