This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over the Floyd River alongside 2nd Avenue in Sheldon

Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1923

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
3-40' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Floyd River

Significance:

This historic double intersection Warren pony truss bridge carries J Avenue over a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline east of Ogden

Ogden, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1900 using a span fabricated c. 1882

by

Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
75' double intersection Warren pony truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Double intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

This large through and deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway (Rock Island) Sioux Falls Branch over the Rock River in Rock Rapids

Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa

Owner: City of Rock Rapids

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1898, 1900 and 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
1-80' and 2-78' through plate girders and 7-44' deck plate girders

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Rock River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Neola Creek in Neola

Neola, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Neola Creek

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Mosquito Creek north of Neola

Neola, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1901 and extended 1940 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
107' through plate girder and 40' deck plate girder

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Mosquito Creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over White Pole Road (Former US Highway 6) east of Menlo

Menlo, Guthrie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

Unknown and Ross Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
38' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over White Pole Road (Former US Highway 6)

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Mosquito Creek north of Neola

Neola, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
1-80' and 2-50' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Mosquito Creek

Significance:

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 deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over the East Nishnabotna River in Atlantic

Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
2-55', 3-50' and 4-44' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over East Nishnabotna River

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carried a former Chicago Great Western Railway line over an unnamed creek near Moorland

Moorland, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1927 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
28' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over unnamed creek

Significance: