This through plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over East Riverside Drive on the north side of Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

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

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Railroad/Original Owner: Illinois Central Railroad

Design: 50' through plate girder

Through plate girder bridge over East Riverside Drive

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This small steel stringer bridge crosses Calmus Creek

Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Owner: City of Mason City

Status: Abandoned

Built 1947

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Railroad/Original Owner: Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design: 50' steel stringer

Steel stringer bridge over Calmus Creek

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This large deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the South Skunk River on the east side of Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1949

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin; American Bridge Company of New York and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 1-110', 1-75' deck plate girder and 1-20' and 1-18' steel stringers

Deck plate girder bridge over South Skunk River

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This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over the West Fork Des Moines River west of Emmetsburg

Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design: 2-75' deck plate girders and concrete modular girder

Deck plate girder bridge over West Fork Des Moines River

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This Warren pony truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Mosquito Creek south of Neola

Neola, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1911 and 1933

by

Unknown and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design: 123' Warren pony truss and 2-60' through plate girders

Warren pony truss bridge over Mosquito Creek

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