This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Willow Creek alongside US Highway 30 between Arion and Denison

Arion, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Willow Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over the East Boyer River in Denison

Denison, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1966

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
79' through plate girder and 2-48' and 1-12' steel stringers

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over East Boyer River

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over the Boyer River between Boyer and Deloit

Deloit, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1899 and 1954

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois; American Bridge Company of New York; George B. Swift Company of Chicago, IIllinois and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
77' through plate girder and 2-30' deck plate girders

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Boyer River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over an unnamed alongside US Highway 30 and Lincoln Way between Denison and Arion

Denison, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1920 using spans fabricated c. 1895

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-35' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Willow Creek

Significance:

This unique triple tracked quadrangular lattice through truss bridge once carried a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the East Boyer River in Denison

Denison, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
120' quadrangular lattice through truss and 50' through plate girder

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over East Boyer River

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 350th Street northeast of Manilla

Manilla, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 350th Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over the West Fork West Nishnabotna River along 320th Street in Manilla

Manilla, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1941

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 West Fork West Nishnabotna River

Significance:

This filled in concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over a former alignment of 380th Street (County Road M64)

Aspinwall, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Filled In

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Filled in concrete slab bridge over former alignment of 380th Street (County Road M64)

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 340th Street northeast of Manilla

Manilla, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 340th Street

Significance:

This massive concrete arch bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Elk Creek in Aspinwall

Aspinwall, Crawford County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
36' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Elk Creek

Significance: