, Iowa

Railroad Bridges in , Iowa

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Random Bridges

C&NW Winnebago River Bridge

(Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Bridge #60)

This Warren deck truss bridge is one of several different truss designs built by Phoenix Bridge Company for the Iowa Central Railroad

Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Owner: Cerro Gordo County

Status: Abandoned

Built 1902

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

for

Iowa Central Railroad

Design:
130' riveted Warren deck truss

Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Winnebago River

Significance:

Moderate

IANR Hawkeye Avenue Bridge

This unique stone arch and box culvert bridge crosses a closed section of Hawkeye Avenue

Nora Springs, Floyd County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Northern Railway

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1889

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
Stone arch and stone box culvert

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Hawkeye Street

Significance:

Regional

BNSF Timber Avenue Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1274)

This standard concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Timber Avenue west of Coon Rapids

Coon Rapids, Carroll County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Timber Avenue

Significance:

Local

BNSF Bridge #444.70

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1470)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 141 north of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1941 using a span fabricated c. 1900

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-70' deck plate girder, 1-33' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Eagle Avenue Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1326)

This standard concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Eagle Avenue east of Manning

Manning, Carroll County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Eagle Avenue

Significance:

Local

Bass Point Creek High Bridge

This tall deck plate girder viaduct carries a former Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad line over Bass Point Creek north of Boone

Boone, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1913

American Bridge Company of New York and Albert W. Merrick of Boone, Iowa

for

Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway

Design:
6-80', 1-48' and 8-32' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Bass Point Creek

Significance:

Regional

UP County Road B30 Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #809 1/2)

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over County Road B30 (250th Street) north of Algona

Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1940

Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
30' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over County Road B30 (250th Street)

Significance:

Local

UP Bridge #241.38

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #798)

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 60 north of Le Mars

Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

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

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
30' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local