Railroad Bridges in Mills County, Iowa
Mills County is located in southwest Iowa. The seat and largest city are both Glenwood.
Random Bridges
Wabash Trace Nature Trail - Keg Creek Bridge
Wabash Trace Nature Trail - Keg Creek Bridge
(Wabash Railroad Bridge #1273)
This deck plate girder and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over Keg Creek near Brothers Avenue in Mineola
Owner: Mills County Conservation Board
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built c. 1940 using a span fabricated c. 1890
by
Unknown
for
Wabash Railroad
Design:
41' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Keg Creek
Significance:
N&W Bridge #392.11
N&W Bridge #392.11
(Wabash Railroad Bridge #1261B)
This small steel stringer bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over an unnamed ditch alongside 295th Street south of Silver City
Silver City, Mills County, Iowa
Owner: Mills County Conservation Board
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built c. 1940
by
Unknown
for
Wabash Railroad
Design:
3-16' steel stringers
Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed ditch
Significance:
BNSF Jamett Road Bridge
BNSF Jamett Road Bridge
(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #472.14)
This small concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Jamett Road west of Glenwood
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built c. 1950
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Design:
26' concrete slab
Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Jamett Road
Significance:
BNSF Ingrum Avenue Bridge
BNSF Ingrum Avenue Bridge
(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #470.34)
This concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Ingrum Avenue (Former US Highway 34/County Road H30) on the east side of Glenwood
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1922
by
George W. Condon of Omaha, Nebraska
for
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Design:
24' concrete slab
Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Ingrum Avenue (County Road H30)
Significance:
BNSF Wabash Trace Nature Trail Bridge
BNSF Wabash Trace Nature Trail Bridge
(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #462.40)
This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over the Wabash Trace Nature Trail (former Wabash Railroad) west of Malvern
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1903, north track rebuilt 2000
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Design:
53' deck plate girder (south track), 53' concrete modular girder (north track)
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wabash Trace Nature Trail (former Wabash Railroad)
Significance:
BNSF Bridge #472.12
BNSF Bridge #472.12
(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #472.12)
This small concrete arch bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over an unnamed creek near Jamett Road west of Glenwood
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1903
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Design:
12' concrete arch
Description:
Concrete arch bridge over unnamed creek
Significance:
N&W Bridge #389.70
N&W Bridge #389.70
(Wabash Railroad Bridge #1255)
This deck plate girder and steel stringer bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over an unnamed creek between Malvern and Silver City
Silver City, Mills County, Iowa
Owner: Mills County Conservation Board
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built c. 1940 using a span fabricated c. 1910
by
Unknown
for
Wabash Railroad
Design:
40' deck plate girder and 3-18' steel stringers
Description:
Deck plate girder and steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek
Significance:
BNSF Vine Street Bridge (Glenwood)
BNSF Vine Street Bridge (Glenwood)
(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #471.46)
This double concrete box culvert carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Vine Street in Glenwood
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1903
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Design:
double 12'x14' concrete box culvert
Description:
Double concrete box culvert over Vine Street
Significance:
Balfour (272nd Street) Overpass
Balfour (272nd Street) Overpass
(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #467.17)
This through plate girder overpass carries 272nd Street over a BNSF Railway (former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad) mainline near the former station of Balfour
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: Open to Automobile Traffic
Built 1952 using a span fabricated c. 1910
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Design:
45' through plate girder and timber pile trestle
Description:
Through plate girder overpass over BNSF Railway (former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad)
Significance:
N&W Bridge #390.73
N&W Bridge #390.73
(Wabash Railroad Bridge #1258)
This small steel stringer bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over an unnamed creek south of Silver City
Silver City, Mills County, Iowa
Owner: Mills County Conservation Board
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built c. 1940
by
Unknown
for
Wabash Railroad
Design:
1-22' and 2-13' steel stringers
Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek
Significance: