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Completion

    The first passenger train on the newly completed Chicago & Northwestern Bridge crossed the Missouri River on October 14, 1907.

     With its completion, the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad bridge connected the Capitol city of Pierre to the Black Hills. Rail lines replaced the cumbersome trails of western South Dakota. The 1,862.5 foot bridge crossed a river and helped connect an entire state.

 

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