Jamaica once had a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline and a Milwaukee Road secondary line. Today, the Raccoon River Valley Trail uses the right-of-way of the secondary line and of the mainline east of the town. West of the town, the mainline has been abandoned.

Raccoon River Valley Trail - Mosquito Creek Bridge (Jamaica)

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Raccoon River Valley Trail - Mosquito Creek Bridge (Jamaica)

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Y-126)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over Mosquito Creek between Yale and Jamaica

Jamaica, Guthrie County, Iowa

Owner: Guthrie County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-35' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Mosquito Creek

Significance:

Local