Random Bridges

IAIS Bridge #336.40

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IAIS Bridge #336.40

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #3364)

This small steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside County Road F48 west of Colfax

Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
20' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Minimal

IAIS Red Rock Creek Bridge

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IAIS Red Rock Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #3359)

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Red Rock Creek alongside County Road F48 west of Colfax

Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
57' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Red Rock Creek

Significance:

Local

IAIS Severs Creek Bridge

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IAIS Severs Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #3312)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Severs Creek alongside County Road F48 east of Colfax

Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1928

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
60' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Severs Creek

Significance:

Local

IAIS South Skunk River Bridge

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IAIS South Skunk River Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #3292)

This Warren through truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over the South Skunk River near the former station of Metz between Newton and Colfax

Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1939 using a span fabricated c. 1905; lengthened 1945

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Gould Construction Company of Davenport, Iowa and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
155' Warren through truss and 8-28' steel stringers

Description:
Warren through truss bridge over South Skunk River

Significance:

Moderate