This partially demolished Pratt through truss bridge carried the Illinois Central Railroad Onawa Branch across the Little Sioux River on the north side of Correctionville

Correctionville, Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned and Partially Removed

Built 1887 and 1911 using spans fabricated 1881

by

Union Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York; Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
1-175' and 2-123' Pratt through trusses and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Sioux River

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside 3rd Avenue south 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:
20' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway line over the South Branch of Lizard Creek north of Moorland

Moorland, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1965 using a span fabricated 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder and timber pile trestle bridge over South Branch Lizard Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over McCandless Cleghorn Ditch alongside County Road K45 in Whiting

Whiting, Monona County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1906 and 1913

by

Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over McCandless Cleghorn Ditch

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carried a former Chicago Great Western Railway line over an unnamed creek near Moorland

Moorland, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1927 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
28' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over the Boone River southeast of Renwick

Renwick, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3-45' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Boone River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over the West Fork Des Moines River west of Bradgate

Bradgate, Humboldt County, Iowa

Owner: Humboldt County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1902, 1917 and c. 1920

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
5-70' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over West Fork Des Moines 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 through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over Westfield Creek alongside Iowa Highway 12 north of Westfield

Westfield, Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner: D&I Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
85' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Westfield Creek

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: