Citations
| Build date and builder (spans #2 through #5) Relocation history (span #1) |
Iowa Historic Property Study; Iowa Site Inventory 77-192; Prepared by Jan Olive Nash, Tallgrass Historians L.C. December 2003 |
| Builder (piers #2 through #4) | The Railroad Gazette; January 27, 1882 |
| Builder (west abutment) | The Des Moines Tribune; November 22, 1949 |
| Builder (span #2 erection) | The Des Moines Tribune; February 2, 1945 |
| Railroad History Citation | ICC Valuation Information, Compiled by Richard S. Steele |