This steel stringer and timber stringer bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over 465th Avenue north of Searsboro

Searsboro, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1980 using a span fabricated c. 1940

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
25' steel stringer and 4-15' timber stringers

Description:
Steel stringer and timber stringer bridge over 465th Avenue

Significance:

This unusual Schaub variant through truss bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over the North Skunk River alongside Iowa Highway 146 north of New Sharon

New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa to Searsboro, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and George Cook of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Iowa Central Railway

Design:
138' Schaub variant through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Schaub variant through truss bridge over North Skunk River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Little Bear Creek near 385th Avenue between Victor and Brooklyn

Victor, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1892

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
5-44' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Little Bear Creek

Significance:

This long abandoned concrete arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway branch line over an unnamed tributary of Rock Creek between Hartwick and Carnforth, northwest of Victor

Victor, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned, Used As a Field Access

Built 1916

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
16' concrete arch

Description:
Abandoned concrete arch bridge over unnamed tributary of Rock Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over Iowa Highway 146 north of Grinnell

Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1915

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
56' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Iowa Highway 146

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Cub Creek near 230th Street between Victor and Brooklyn

Victor, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1892, Approaches Reconstructed c. 1920

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois; American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
1-52' deck plate girder and 2-33' steel stringers

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Cub Creek

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber stringer bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over 460th Avenue north of Searsboro

Searsboro, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1980

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
29' steel stringer and 3-15' timber stringers

Description:
Steel stringer and timber stringer bridge over 460th Avenue

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber stringer bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over 475th Avenue north of Searsboro

Searsboro, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1980 using a span fabricated 1940

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
30' steel stringer and 4-15' timber stringer

Description:
Steel stringer and timber stringer bridge over 475th Avenue

Significance: