This historic Whipple through truss bridge carries 35th Street over a former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway) yard in Fort Madison

Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1930 using spans fabricated 1888 and c. 1890

by

Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company of Leavenworth, Kansas and Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
255' Whipple through truss, 80' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Whipple through truss bridge over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This through plate girder and concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Fork Creek in Fort Madison

Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
43' through plate girder and 5-14' concrete slabs

Description:
Through plate girder and concrete slab bridge over Fork Creek

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Penitentiary Creek in Fort Madison

Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1915

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
5-17' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Penitentiary Creek

Significance:

This massive Baltimore through truss swing bridge carries the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway mainline and a roadway over the Mississippi River at Fort Madison

Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa to Niota, Hancock County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1927

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Union Bridge & Contracting Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
532' Baltimore through truss swing span, 4-270' Baltimore through truss and deck plate girder

Description:
Double deck Baltimore through truss swing bridge over Mississippi River

Significance: