Random Bridges

BNSF English Creek Bridge (East)

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BNSF English Creek Bridge (East)

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #25.42)

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad branch line over English Creek near 195th Place west of Harvey

Harvey, Marion County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1939 using spans fabricated 1892 and c. 1900; approaches replaced 2001 and 2020

by

Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
76' through plate girder, 21' steel stringer, concrete modular girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over English Creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF English Creek Bridge (Middle)

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BNSF English Creek Bridge (Middle)

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #25.60)

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad branch line over English Creek near 195th Place west of Harvey

Harvey, Marion County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1916 using a span fabricated 1898

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
90' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over English Creek

Significance:

Local

Harvey Railroad Bridge

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Harvey Railroad Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #3157)

This historic Pratt through truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) branch line over a former channel of the Des Moines River in Harvey

Harvey, Marion County, Iowa

Owner: Marion County

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1896 using spans fabricated 1878

by

American Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
4-150' Pratt through trusses

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over former channel of Des Moines River

Significance:

High

Wabash Bridge

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Wabash Bridge

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #2891)

This historic Pratt through truss bridge once carried a Wabash Railroad branch line over the Des Moines River south of Pella

Harvey, Marion County, Iowa

Owner: Marion County

Status: Removed but not replaced

Built 1923 using spans fabricated 1888 and 1892; Approaches Reconstructed 1970

by

Pencoyd Iron Works (A&P Roberts Company) of Pencyod, Pennnsylvania; H.S. Hopkins & Company of St. Louis, Missouri and Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
1-154' and 2-152' Pratt through trusses and 2-52' steel stringers

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River

Significance:

High