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High Trestle Trail - Big Creek Bridge
High Trestle Trail - Big Creek Bridge
(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1116)
This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Big Creek between Slater and Madrid
Owner: Boone County Conservation Board
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built 1912
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
65' deck plate girder
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Big Creek
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Rock Island Old Stone Arch Nature Trail Bridge
Rock Island Old Stone Arch Nature Trail Bridge
This massive stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Little Silver Creek east of Shelby
Owner: City of Shelby
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built c. 1880
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Design:
32' stone arch
Description:
Stone arch bridge over Little Silver Creek
Significance:
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Culvert #233.05
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Culvert #233.05
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:
UP Haber Road Bridge
UP Haber Road Bridge
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #565)
This concrete encased beam bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Haber Road on the north side of the Iowa State University campus in Ames
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad
Status: In Use
Built 1938
by
Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
18' concrete encased beam
Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Haber Road
Significance:
UP Bridge #233.38
UP Bridge #233.38
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #780)
This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 60 south of Carnes
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad
Status: In Use
Built 1901
by
American Bridge Company of New York (Lassig Plant) 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:
UP Bridge #224.30
UP Bridge #224.30
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #761)
This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 60 north of Alton
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:
24' steel stringer
Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek
Significance:
Manning Railroad Bridge
Manning Railroad Bridge
(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1334)
This historic through truss and deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over the West Nishnabotna River and Railroad Street in Manning
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1913
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
125' Pratt through truss, 9 deck plate girders and 2-52' concrete arch skeleton abutments
Description:
Pratt through truss and deck plate girder bridge over West Nishnabotna River and Railroad Street
Significance:
BNSF W. Branch Floyd River Bridge
BNSF W. Branch Floyd River Bridge
(Great Northern Railway Bridge #186.2)
This through plate girder bridge once carried a former Great Northern Railway mainline across the West Branch Floyd River between Sioux Center and Maurice
Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1944 using spans fabricated c. 1900
by
Unknown
for
Great Northern Railway
Design:
1-60' and 2-40' through plate girders and timber pile trestle
Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Branch Floyd River
Significance:
IAIS Johnson Creek Bridge
IAIS Johnson Creek Bridge
(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #3709)
This small deck plate girder bridge once carried a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Johnson Creek along County Road F90 east of Booneville
Booneville, Dallas County, Iowa
Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad
Status: Filled In
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 Johnson Creek
Significance: