This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Chicago Great Western Railway mainline over L Street in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1964

by

Unknown

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
46' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over L Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is the western bridge carrying a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway line over Soldier Creek in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: City of Fort Dodge

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1909

by

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
74' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Soldier Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge is the middle bridge carrying a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway line over Soldier Creek in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: City of Fort Dodge

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1909

by

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
74' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Soldier Creek

Significance:

This standard steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway line over County Road D36 (Former US Highway 20) in Moorland

Moorland, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
38' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over County Road D36 (Former US Highway 20)

Significance:

This massive Baltimore deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct carries a former Chicago Great Western Railway mainline high above the Des Moines River in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901-03

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and Kelly-Atkinson Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
4-219' Baltimore deck trusses, 15-75' and 15-38' deck plate girders

Description:
Baltimore deck truss bridge over Des Moines River

Significance:

This deck plate girder and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway line over the South Branch of Lizard Creek north of Moorland

Moorland, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1965 using a span fabricated 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder and timber pile trestle bridge over South Branch Lizard Creek

Significance:

This small deck plate girder bridge carries a former Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad line over Gypsum Creek alongside 210th Street in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1950 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad

Design:
25' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Gypsum Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over 7th Street near Kenyon Road in Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1918

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois; G.H. Scribner of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
37' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 7th Street

Significance:

This historic double intersection Warren pony truss bridge carries 220th Street (County Road P33) over a Union Pacific Railroad (former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway) line north of Moorland

Moorland, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1921 using a span fabricated 1889

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
74' double intersection Warren pony truss

Description:
Double intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad (former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway)

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over Phinney Park Drive on the northwest side of Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1915

by

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-17' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Phinney Park Drive

Significance: