Random Bridges

Balfour (272nd Street) Overpass

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Balfour (272nd Street) Overpass

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #467.17)

This through plate girder overpass carries 272nd Street over a BNSF Railway (former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad) mainline near the former station of Balfour

Malvern, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1952 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
45' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder overpass over BNSF Railway (former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad)

Significance:

Local

BNSF Wabash Trace Nature Trail Bridge

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BNSF Wabash Trace Nature Trail Bridge

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #462.40)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over the Wabash Trace Nature Trail (former Wabash Railroad) west of Malvern

Malvern, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903, north track rebuilt 2000

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
53' deck plate girder (south track), 53' concrete modular girder (north track)

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wabash Trace Nature Trail (former Wabash Railroad)

Significance:

Local

Wabash Trace Nature Trail - West Nishabotna River Bridge

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Wabash Trace Nature Trail - West Nishabotna River Bridge

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #1229)

This historic Whipple through truss bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over the West Nishnabotna River near the former station of White Cloud

Malvern, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: Mills County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1910 using a span fabricated 1884

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan; American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

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Wabash Railroad

Design:
114' Whipple through truss, 46' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Whipple through truss bridge over West Nishnabotna River

Significance:

High