This unique through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over an abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line in Forest City

Forest City, Hancock County, Iowa

Owner: North Central Iowa Rail Corridor

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
37' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway

Significance:

This massive double deck through truss swing bridge carries the Keokuk Junction Railway and former US Route 136 over the Mississippi River

Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa to Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois

Owner: City of Keokuk

Status: In Use

Built 1917

by

Strobel Structural Steel Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Company

Design:
380' Pratt through truss swing span, Parker through truss, Pratt through truss and Warren deck truss

Description:
Double deck through truss swing bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over Galls Creek south of Garner

Garner, Hancock County, Iowa

Owner: North Central Iowa Rail Corridor

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
50' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Galls Creek

Significance:

This massive Baltimore through truss swing bridge carries the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway mainline and a roadway over the Mississippi River at Fort Madison

Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa to Niota, Hancock County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1927

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Union Bridge & Contracting Company of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
532' Baltimore through truss swing span, 4-270' Baltimore through truss and deck plate girder

Description:
Double deck Baltimore through truss swing bridge over Mississippi River

Significance: