This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline across Little Beaver Creek along US Highway 30 between Beaver and Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

American Bridge Company of New York (Lassig Plant) and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
68' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Little Beaver Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over 490th Street east of Hancock

Hancock, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1951-52

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Unknown and Iowa Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-45' and 2-35' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 490th Street

Significance:

This large stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Crooked Creek on the east side of Rolfe

Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa

Owner: Pocahontas County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Crooked Creek

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 4 north of Wallingford

Wallingford, Emmet County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1888

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
6' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

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

Dedham, Carroll County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1914 using a span fabricated 1898

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
63' through plate girder and 1-36' and 2-32' concrete beams

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over Iowa Highway 9 west of Armstrong

Armstrong, Emmet County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1931 using a span fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
32' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Iowa Highway 9

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Interstate 80 east of Dexter

Dexter, Dallas County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1960

by

Unknown and Brogan Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-69', 1-66', 1-54' and 1-52' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Interstate 80

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over Sixmile Creek alongside Iowa Highway 12 south of Hawarden

Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: D&I Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1936 using a span fabricated 1894

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
63' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Sixmile Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad line over County Road D36 (Former US Highway 20) on the east edge of Rockwell City

Rockwell City, Calhoun County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1934

by

McClintic-Marshall Corportation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Zitterell-Mills Company of Webster City, Iowa

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
70' through plate girder and 4-14' concrete slabs

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over County Road D36 (Former US Highway 20)

Significance:

This small deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside White Pole Road west of Anita

Anita, Cass County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1944 using a span fabricated 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
24' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance: