This small steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) secondary line over an unnamed creek west of 14th Avenue between Garrison and Dysart

Garrison, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Benton County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1947

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
30' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) secondary line over an unnamed creek east of 14th Avenue between Garrison and Dysart

Garrison, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Benton County Conservation Board

Status: In Use

Built 1947

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
30' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over 4th Avenue in Vinton

Vinton, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1954

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-23' and 1-7' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 4th Avenue

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) secondary line over an unnamed tributary of Hinkle Creek east of Garrison

Garrison, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Benton County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1940

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
2-25' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed tributary of Hinkle Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) secondary line over Pratt Creek between Garrison and Dysart

Garrison, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Benton County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1900

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
2-44' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Pratt Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Bear Creek near Benton-Linn Road east of Shellsburg

Shellsburg, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
84' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Bear Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) secondary line over Hinkle Creek on the east side of Garrison

Garrison, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Benton County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
3-50' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Hinkle Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge is the southern of two bridges carrying a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Opossum Creek northwest of Shellsburg

Shellsburg, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1896; Rebuilt 1939 using a secondhand span fabricated 1896

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
2-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Opossum Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over an overflow of Prairie Creek east of Blairstown

Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
66' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Prairie Creek overflow

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge is the western of two similar structures carrying a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Bear Creek in Shellsburg

Shellsburg, Benton County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1902; Rebuilt c. 1960 with spans fabricated 1897 and 1901

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois; American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
6-40' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Bear Creek

Significance: