This modern steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over 196th Street in Albia

Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1980 reusing substructures constructed 1927

by

Capital Steel Company of Lincoln, Nebraska

for

Burlington Northern Railroad

Design:
3-32' steel stringers

Description:
Modern steel stringer bridge over 196th Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder viaduct is the western of three similar structures in the area and carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Kinser Creek and 672nd Avenue

Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

American Bridge Company of New York; M.M. Moen Company of Mason City, Iowa and Stark Construction Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
13 span deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Kinser Creek and 672nd Avenue

Significance:

This deck plate girder viaduct is the middle of three similar structures in the area and carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Soap Creek

Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; M.M. Moen Company of Mason City, Iowa and Stark Construction Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
21 span deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Soap Creek

Significance:

This massive Pratt through truss bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway branch line over the Des Moines River and Muchakinock Creek in Eddyville

Eddyville, Monroe County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Payne, Bradshaw & McMahon of Kansas City, Missouri

for

Iowa Central Railway

Design:
7-136' Pratt through trusses, 1-22' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River and Muchakinock Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Coal Creek and 625th Avenue west of Albia

Albia, Monroe County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903 and c. 2000

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio and Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
3-60' deck plate girders and 2-16' concrete modular girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Coal Creek and 625th Avenue

Significance: