Webster City once had an Illinois Central Railroad (IC) mainline, a Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) secondary line and a Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway (FDDM&S) branch line. Today, the former IC is owned by Canadian National Railway, the former C&NW is owned by Union Pacific Railroad and the former FDDM&S has been abandoned.

UP Terwilliger Creek Bridge

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UP Terwilliger Creek Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #2443)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Terwilliger Creek south of Webster City

Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Cleary-White Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Terwilliger Creek

Significance:

Local