Missouri Valley once had a pair of Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) mainlines and an Illinois Central Railroad (IC) mainline. Today, the C&NW lines are owned by Union Pacific Railroad, while the former IC is owned by Canadian National Railway.
UP Boyer River Bridge #4
UP Boyer River Bridge #4
(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #978)
This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the Boyer River between Missouri Valley and Loveland
Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad
Status: In Use
Built 1920 using a span fabricated 1900
by
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
160' quadrangular lattice through truss and concrete modular girder
Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Boyer River
Significance:
