Wooden bridges and looping road segments allow Iron Mountain Road to curl back over itself while climbing through the Black Hills. These so-called pigtail bridges are a deliberately theatrical piece of highway engineering designed to make the drive part of the attraction.
Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.
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Source: travelsouthdakota.com/trip-ideas/story-iron-mountain-road