Russell White Nature Trail - N. Raccoon River Bridge

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Russell White Nature Trail - N. Raccoon River Bridge

(Chicago Great Western Railway Bridge #D-114)

This large deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago Great Western Railway mainline over the North Raccoon River southwest of Lanesboro

Lanesboro, Carroll County, Iowa

Owner: Carroll County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1903

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
2-90' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over North Raccoon River

Significance:

Local