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

by

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:

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

by

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:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over US Highway 18 west of Hull

Hull, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1939

by

Unknown and Bonesteel & Hyde of Watertown, South Dakota

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3-40' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over US Highway 18

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) line over 140th Avenue between Swea City and Lakota

Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 140th Avenue

Significance:

This concrete arch bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over Oak Avenue on the north side of Webster City

Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

W.D. Faus of Webster City, Iowa

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
20' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Oak Avenue

Significance:

This small brick lined concrete arch culvert carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway line over an unnamed creek east of Sibley

Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa

Owner: Osceola County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1900

by

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
8' brick lined concrete arch culvert

Description:
Brick lined concrete arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This Pratt pony truss bridge crosses the Cedar River with two distinctively different sized spans

Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1897

by

J.G. Wagner Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2 span pin-connected Pratt pony truss

Description:
Pratt pony truss bridge over Cedar River

Significance:

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

Alton, Sioux County, Iowa

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:

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

Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

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: