, Iowa

Railroad Bridges in , Iowa

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Random Bridges

BNSF Bridge #175.80

(Great Northern Railway Bridge #175.8)

This small stone arch culvert carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over an unnamed creek near 350th Street north of Sioux Center

Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1900

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
8' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

UP Boone River Bridge (Webster City, North)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #2460)

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over the Boone River on the north side of Webster City

Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901 and 1914

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-120' quadrangular lattice through trusses and 1-80' deck plate girder

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Boone River

Significance:

Moderate

IAIS Raccoon River Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #3730)

This large quadrangular lattice through truss bridge once carried a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over the Raccoon River at Booneville

Booneville, Dallas County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1900

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
4-147' quadrangular lattice through truss and 1-20' and 1-10' steel stringer

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Raccoon River

Significance:

Regional

IC 7th Street Bridge

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #W324.77N)

This abandoned deck plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad yard lead over 7th Street near Kenyon Road in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: City of Fort Dodge

Status: Abandoned and Partially Removed

Built 1919 using a span fabricated c. 1900

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
1-49' deck plate girder, 1-21' and 1-18' steel stringers and timber pile trestle

Description:
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over 7th Street

Significance:

Local

CN Deer Creek Bridge (Fort Dodge)

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #W374.7)

This concrete encased stone arch bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over Deer Creek near 8th Street in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1887 and c. 1920

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
14' concrete encased stone arch and concrete arch

Description:
Concrete encased stone arch bridge over Deer Creek

Significance:

Local

UP Bridge #219.97

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #752)

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Hospers Drive south of Hospers

Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1913

American Bridge Company of New York Cleary-White Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
24' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

UP Gypsum Creek Bridge

This small deck plate girder bridge carries a former Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad line over Gypsum Creek alongside 210th Street in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1950 using a span fabricated c. 1910

Unknown

for

Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad

Design:
25' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Gypsum Creek

Significance:

Local

Charley Western Trail Bridge

This large concrete arch bridge crossed the Cedar River until a collapsing arch required the removal of the bridge

Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa

Owner: City of Charles City (Final Owner)

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1910

Railroad Forces

for

Charles City & Western Railway

Design:
4 span closed spandrel concrete arch

Description:
Closed spandrel concrete arch bridge over Cedar River

Significance:

Regional

UP Unnamed Branch Buttrick Creek Culvert

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #724)

This small stone arch culvert carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over an unnamed tributary of Buttrick Creek west of Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1898 and 1900

Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
10' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed tributary of Buttrick Creek

Significance:

Local