This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over 160th Street south of New Sharon

New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1940

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
20' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over 160th Street

Significance:

This unusual Schaub variant through truss bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over the North Skunk River alongside Iowa Highway 146 north of New Sharon

New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa to Searsboro, Poweshiek County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and George Cook of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Iowa Central Railway

Design:
138' Schaub variant through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Schaub variant through truss bridge over North Skunk River

Significance:

This concrete arch bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway mainline over a former alignment of 135th Street in New Sharon

New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

George Cook of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Iowa Central Railway

Design:
14' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over former alignment of 135th Street

Significance: