This steel stringer bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over a farm entrance alongside Old Lincoln Highway near Loveland

Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1975

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
20' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over farm entrance

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 through plate girder bridge carries a former joint Chicago & North Western Railway and Illinois Central Railway industrial spur over Indian Creek at 1st Avenue in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: City of Council Bluffs

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1900 and 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
60' through plate girder (north track), 65' through plate girder (south track)

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

This massive subdivided Warren through truss bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Pigeon Creek below Old Mormon Bridge Road near Crescent

Crescent, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1937

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
143' subdivided Warren through truss

Description:
Subdivided Warren through truss bridge over Pigeon Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over a former channel of the Boyer River alongside Old Lincoln Highway near Loveland

Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois and Campbell & Saguin of Council Bluffs, Iowa

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
1-89' and 2-75' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over former alignment of Boyer River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway (Rock Island) mainline over Indian Creek at 13th Avenue in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
48' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

This unusual deck plate girder bridge carries a Union Pacific Railroad mainline and yard over 35th Street in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1890, 1900, c. 1910 and 1921

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-43' and 2-28' deck plate girders (north track), 1-43' and 2-23' deck plate girders (south track)

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 35th Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway (Rock Island) yard lead over Indian Creek at 12th Avenue in Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Kerns Construction Company of Omaha, Nebraska

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
52' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago Great Western Railway mainline over 272nd Street east of McClelland

McClelland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1938

by

Unknown and Duvall & McKinney of Logan, Iowa

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
42' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 272nd Street

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: