This Warren pony truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Mosquito Creek south of Neola

Neola, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1911 and 1933

by

Unknown and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
123' Warren pony truss and 2-60' through plate girders

Description:
Warren pony truss bridge over Mosquito Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder and steel stringer bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over Mosquito Creek near Iowa Highway 92 in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: City of Council Bluffs

Status: Abandoned

Built 1934

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Wabash Railway

Design:
1-62' deck plate girder and 8-23' steel stringers

Description:
Deck plate girder and steel stringer bridge over Mosquito Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Middle Silver Creek in a rural area west of Hancock

Hancock, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1952-53

by

American Bridge Company of New York; List & Weatherly Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri and Iowa Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-80', 1-79' and 1-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Middle Silver Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Indian Creek at 11th Street in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1919 and 1997

by

Unknown and Paxton-Vierling Steel Company of Omaha, Nebraska

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
57' through plate girder (west track), 82' through plate girder (east track)

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is the southern of two parallel structures carrying a former Chicago & North Western Railway spur over Indian Creek at 12th Avenue in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Koss Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
65' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Mosquito Creek north of Neola

Neola, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1901 and extended 1940 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
107' through plate girder and 40' deck plate girder

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Mosquito Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over 490th Street east of Hancock

Hancock, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1951-52

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Unknown and Iowa Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-45' and 2-35' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 490th Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Indian Creek at 13th Avenue in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: City of Council Bluffs

Status: Abandoned

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
48' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

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

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
55' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Mosquito Creek north of Neola

Neola, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1907

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
1-80' and 2-50' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Mosquito Creek

Significance: