This concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 191 between Earling and Panama

Panama, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-14' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Willow Creek in Defiance

Defiance, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1905 and extended c. 1935 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
3-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Willow Creek

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over County Road F20 (Linden Road) in Defiance

Defiance, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over County Road F20 (Linden Road)

Significance:

This small concrete box culvert carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over an unnamed tributary of Silver Creek near Hazel Road east of Shelby

Shelby, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1902

by

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
6' concrete railtop box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over unnamed tributary of Silver Creek

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Hazel Road northeast of Earling

Earling, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1955

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
26' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over Hazel Road

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 2100th Street between Defiance and Earling

Defiance, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 2100th Street

Significance:

This massive stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Little Silver Creek east of Shelby

Shelby, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: City of Shelby

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1880

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
32' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Little Silver Creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 191 between Earling and Panama

Panama, Shelby County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1946

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
3-30' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

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: