Railroad Bridges in , Iowa

Cities Ames Plymouth Nora Springs Charles City Estherville Armstrong Des Moines Runnells Booneville De Soto Nevada Fort Dodge Webster City Woolstock Adel Jefferson Grand Junction Moingona Ogden New Sharon Oskaloosa Eddyville Harvey Santiago Johnston Clive Perry Ellsworth Columbus Junction Washington Burlington Ottumwa Boone Humboldt Dakota City Algona Jewell Berwick Summerset Altoona Glenwood Rock Valley Maple River Manning Denison Dow City Dunlap Missouri Valley Loveland Crescent Council Bluffs Bartlett Silver City Malvern Emerson Acova Shelby Neola Rock Rapids Sibley Fort Madison Viele Colo Cambridge Maxwell Riverside Gladwin Morning Sun Rome Fairfield Dexter Menlo Casey Adair Exira Atlantic Red Oak Stanton Story City St. Charles Osceola Murray Thayer Arispe Creston Cromwell Prescott Richland Correctionville Quimby Cherokee Spencer Webb Underwood Cumming Little Sioux Whiting Sioux City Moorland Knierim Rolfe Lakota Searsboro Fraser Hartford Goldfield Eagle Grove Albia Moravia Rathbun Mystic Corydon Chariton Forest City Garner Jordan Beaver Bayard Coon Rapids Ainsworth Rubio Rockwell City Pomeroy Emmetsburg Wallingford Lake Park Okoboji Storm Lake Dedham Templeton Aspinwall Manilla Defiance Earling Portsmouth McClelland Hancock Wiota Anita Madrid Jamaica Panora Redfield Yetter Auburn Carnarvon Deloit Woodbine Arion Carroll Livermore Bradgate West Bend Galt Melcher-Dallas Williamson Pleasantville Beech Pacific Junction Le Mars Seney Carnes Alton Hospers Sheldon Ashton Allendorf Belmond Renwick Chillicothe Mineola Lucas Lanesboro Panama Logan Moville Westfield Akron Hawarden Sioux Center Hull Benton Carlisle

Random Bridges

BNSF 370th Street Bridge
Image name

BNSF 370th Street Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1352 1/2)

This standard concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 370th Street west of Aspinwall

Aspinwall, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 370th Street

Significance:

Local

Oskaloosa Railroad Crossing (East)
Image name

Oskaloosa Railroad Crossing (East)

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #570)

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over an abandoned Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad branch line in Oskaloosa

Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
23' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over abandoned Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Significance:

Local

IC Little Sioux River Bridge #3
Image name

IC Little Sioux River Bridge #3

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #T18.5)

This abandoned Pratt through truss bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad Onawa Branch over the Little Sioux River north of Correctionville

Correctionville, Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner: Woodbury County

Status: Abandoned and Partially Removed

Built 1887

by

Union Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
150' Pratt through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Sioux River

Significance:

Regional

IAIS S. Fork Middle River Bridge
Image name

IAIS S. Fork Middle River Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #4128)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over the South Fork Middle River between Casey and Adair

Casey, Guthrie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
2-57' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over South Fork Middle River

Significance:

Local

Red Oak Stone Arch
Image name

Red Oak Stone Arch

This long-abandoned stone arch bridge carries the original Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over an unnamed creek in Red Oak

Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Abandoned

Built 1879

by

Warren Beckwith of Mount Pleasant, Iowa

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
16' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Moderate

BNSF Elk Creek Bridge (Aspinwall)
Image name

BNSF Elk Creek Bridge (Aspinwall)

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1352)

This massive concrete arch bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Elk Creek in Aspinwall

Aspinwall, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
36' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Elk Creek

Significance:

Moderate

CN Perry Trail Bridge
Image name

CN Perry Trail Bridge

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #WA479.0)

This concrete slab bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over Perry Trail between Woodbine and Logan

Woodbine, Harrison County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1917

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
26' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Perry Trail

Significance:

Local

CN 7th Street Bridge (Fort Dodge)
Image name

CN 7th Street Bridge (Fort Dodge)

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #W324.77)

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over 7th Street near Kenyon Road in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1918

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois; G.H. Scribner of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
37' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 7th Street

Significance:

Local

390th Street Overpass
Image name

390th Street Overpass

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1333 1/2)

This through plate girder overpass carries 305th Street over a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline east of Aspinwall

Aspinwall, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913 using a span fabricated 1898

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
41' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over BNSF Railway

Significance:

Moderate

UP Middle River Bridge (Carlisle)
Image name

UP Middle River Bridge (Carlisle)

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #638)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad mainline over the Middle River alongside Iowa Highway 5 south of Carlisle

Carlisle, Warren County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York and J.C. Dunn of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
4-75' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Middle River

Significance:

Local