Palisades Bridge

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Palisades Bridge

| nrhp_type =

| image = Palisades Bridge 2.jpg

| caption = Palisades Bridge viewed from the south

| nearest_city= Garretson, South Dakota

| coordinates={{coord|43|41|20|N|96|31|5|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = South Dakota#USA

| built = {{Start date|1908}}

| builder = Western Bridge & Construction Co.

| architecture = pin connected Pratt truss

| added = June 3, 1999

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500579.pdf Historic Bridges in South Dakota MPS]

| refnum = 99000687{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Palisades Bridge, near Garretson, South Dakota, United States, was built in 1908. Also known as the Palisades State Park Bridge, it is located in Palisades State Park. It is a pin-connected Pratt truss bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

It was manufactured by the Western Bridge & Construction Co.

It was built to replace an original bridge, built in 1883, which was destroyed by an ice jam in 1896. The bridge is {{convert|119|ft|m}} long and {{convert|16|ft|m}} wide. It spans Splitrock Creek across rock cliffs {{convert|40|ft|m}} up from the creek level.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=99000687}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Palisades Bridge / Palisades State Park Bridge |publisher=National Park Service|author=Patrick C. Thompson |date=March 9, 1999 |accessdate=January 9, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=99000687|photos=y|title=five photos from 1999}}.

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