This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over Emmet County Ditch #151 alongside Iowa Highway 4 north of Wallingford

Wallingford, Emmet County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1895

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
60' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Emmet County Ditch #151

Significance:

This small concrete railtop box culvert carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway line over an unnamed creek east of Lake Park

Lake Park, Dickinson County, Iowa

Owner: Dickinson County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1902

by

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
10'x9' concrete railtop box culvert

Description:
Concrete railtop box culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over the West Fork Des Moines River south of Estherville

Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
100' through plate girder and 6-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over West Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over Galls Creek south of Garner

Garner, Hancock County, Iowa

Owner: North Central Iowa Rail Corridor

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
50' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Galls Creek

Significance:

This unique double intersection Warren deck truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over the East Fork Des Moines River west of Armstrong

Armstrong, Emmet County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1899 using a span fabricated c. 1885

by

Unknown and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
90' double intersection Warren deck truss and steel stringer

Description:
Double intersection Warren deck truss bridge over East Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over the East Fork Des Moines River southeast of Livermore

Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900; Rebuilt 1972 using spans fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
1-81', 1-60', 1-50' and 1-36' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over East Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge once carried a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line across the Big Sioux River between Sioux City and North Sioux City

Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa to North Sioux City, South Dakota

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Collapsed Due to Flooding

Built 1907 using secondhand trusses fabricated 1900; Approaches Added 1931

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-152' Pratt through truss and 1-77', 1-40' deck plate girders

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Big Sioux River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway line over the Little Ocheyedan River in Allendorf

Allendorf, Osceola County, Iowa

Owner: Osceola County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
2-40' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Little Ocheyedan River

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside 3rd Avenue south of Alton

Alton, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota and James McClure of St. Paul, Minnesota

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
20' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over Five Island Lake in Emmetsburg

Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1949

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
35' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Five Island Lake

Significance: