Random Bridges

UP Newbold Street Bridge

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UP Newbold Street Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #450)

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Newbold Street north of Melcher-Dallas

Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1984 using a span fabricated 1949

by

Worden-Allen Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
35' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Newbold Street

Significance:

Minimal

UP Pratt Street Bridge

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UP Pratt Street Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #422)

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Pratt Street north of Melcher-Dallas

Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1939

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
28' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Pratt Street

Significance:

Local

UP White Breast Creek Bridge

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UP White Breast Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #435)

This massive deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over White Breast Creek north of Melcher-Dalas

Melcher-Dallas, Marion County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912; Approaches reconstructed 2022

by

American Bridge Company of New York and J.C. Dunn of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
110' deck plate girder and concrete modular girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over White Breast Creek

Significance:

Local