This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 141 north of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1941 using a span fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-70' deck plate girder, 1-33' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 191 south of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1946 using a span fabricated 1907

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
80' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance: