This double stone railtop culvert carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line across an unnamed creek in Belmond

Belmond, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: City of Belmond

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
2-10' stone railtop culvert

Description:
Double stone railtop culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This large through and deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway (Rock Island) Sioux Falls Branch over the Rock River in Rock Rapids

Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa

Owner: City of Rock Rapids

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1898, 1900 and 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
1-80' and 2-78' through plate girders and 7-44' deck plate girders

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Rock River

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge crosses Calmus Creek

Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Owner: City of Mason City

Status: Abandoned

Built 1947

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
50' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Calmus 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 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

by

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:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Pilot Creek between Rolfe and Bradgate

Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa

Owner: Pocahontas County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-50' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Pilot Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over South Ravine alongside Interstate 29 in Sioux City

Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1920 using a span fabricated c. 1895

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
52' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over South Ravine

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Otter Creek north of Goldfield

Goldfield, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1909

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Otter Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway line over the West Fork Little Sioux River east of Lake Park

Lake Park, Dickinson County, Iowa

Owner: Dickinson County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
2-50' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over West Fork Little Sioux River

Significance:

This small deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 60 south of Ashton

Ashton, Osceola County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Cleary-White Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
36' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance: