, Iowa

Railroad Bridges in , Iowa

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Random Bridges

UP Ditch #3 Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #1180)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over Wright County Ditch #3 southeast of Galt

Galt, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

Milliken Brothers of New York City, New York

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
3-30' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wright County Ditch #3

Significance:

Moderate

RI Silver Creek Tributary Culvert

This small concrete box culvert carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over an unnamed tributary of Silver Creek near Hazel Road east of Shelby

Shelby, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1902

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
6' concrete railtop box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over unnamed tributary of Silver Creek

Significance:

Minimal

Wabash Indian Creek Bridge (Council Bluffs)

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #1314)

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over Indian Creek at 15th Avenue in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: City of Council Bluffs

Status: Abandoned

Built 1912

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
55' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

Local

C&NW Mill Creek Bridge (Moingona)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #640)

This stone arch bridge carries an abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line over Mill Creek in Moingona

Moingona, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: United States of America

Status: Abandoned

Built 1881

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
12' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Mill Creek

Significance:

Local

UP Linn Street Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #599 1/2)

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Linn Street in Boone

Boone, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
35' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Linn Street

Significance:

Local

5th Street Trail Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #262 3/4)

Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Owner:

Status:

for

Design:

Description:

Significance:

UP Ioway Creek Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #563)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Ioway Creek alongside 6th Street in Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900; rebuilt c. 1960 using spans fabricated 1898

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3-75' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Ioway Creek

Significance:

Local

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

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:

Local

CN County D36 Bridge

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #WA398.8)

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

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:

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