This iconic Baltimore deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the Des Moines River between Boone and Ogden

Boone, Boone County, Iowa to Ogden, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Bypassed and Closed To Traffic

Built 1899-1901

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American Bridge Company of New York (Various Shops); Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota and Engineering Contract Company of New York

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 300' Baltimore deck truss and 21-75' and 18-45' deck plate girders

Baltimore deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct over Des Moines River and Juneberry Road

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This Parker pony truss bridge carries the Katy Trail over Hart Creek in Hartsburg

Hartsburg, Boone County, Missouri

Owner: Missouri State Parks

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1899

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A&P Roberts Company (Pencoyd Iron Works) of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania

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Railroad/Original Owner: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway

Design: 100' Parker pony truss

Parker pony truss bridge over Hart Creek

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This unusual Pratt through truss bridge carries the Katy Trail over Bonne Femme Creek near the small town of Easley

Easley, Boone County, Missouri

Owner: Missouri State Parks

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1898

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A&P Roberts Company (Pencoyd Iron Works) of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania

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Railroad/Original Owner: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway

Design: 125' Pratt through truss

Pratt through truss bridge over Little Bonne Femme Creek

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This through plate girder bridge carries the Katy Trail over Moniteau Creek in Rocheport

Rocheport, Howard County, Missouri to Rocheport, Boone County, Missouri

Owner: Missouri State Parks

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1942 using a secondhand span fabricated c. 1910

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Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway

Design: 85' through plate girder and steel stringer

Through plate girder bridge over Moniteau Creek

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This Warren through truss bridge carries the Katy Trail over Perche Creek in McBaine

McBaine, Boone County, Missouri

Owner: Missouri State Parks

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1926

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Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Railroad/Original Owner: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway

Design: 175' Warren through truss

Warren through truss bridge over Perche Creek

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