This massive Pratt through truss bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway branch line over the Des Moines River and Muchakinock Creek in Eddyville

Eddyville, Monroe County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Payne, Bradshaw & McMahon of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Iowa Central Railway

Design:
7-136' Pratt through trusses, 1-22' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River and Muchakinock Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) secondary line over Muchakinock Creek north of Eddyville

Eddyville, Mahaska County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
112' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Muchakinock Creek

Significance: