This deck plate girder bridge was the eighth and final crossing of Honey Creek on the original Chicago & North Western Railway mainline through Moingona

Moingona, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: United States of America

Status: Removed but not replaced

Built 1898

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
79' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Honey Creek

Significance:

This historic double intersection Warren pony truss bridge carries J Avenue over a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline east of Ogden

Ogden, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1900 using a span fabricated c. 1882

by

Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
75' double intersection Warren pony truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Double intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

This large and attractive stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad line over Buttermilk Creek in Goldfield

Goldfield, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

Unknown

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
20' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Buttermilk Creek

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line in Algona

Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1917

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
120' quadrangular lattice through truss

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over CPKC (former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad)

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Eagle Avenue east of Manning

Manning, Carroll County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Eagle Avenue

Significance:

This large deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the South Skunk River on the east side of Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1949

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin; American Bridge Company of New York and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-110', 1-75' deck plate girder and 1-20' and 1-18' steel stringers

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over South Skunk River

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over an unnamed tributary of Buttrick Creek west of Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1898 and 1900

by

Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
10' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed tributary of Buttrick Creek

Significance:

This Pratt pony truss bridge crosses the Cedar River with two distinctively different sized spans

Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1897

by

J.G. Wagner Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2 span pin-connected Pratt pony truss

Description:
Pratt pony truss bridge over Cedar River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Quail Avenue west of Menlo

Menlo, Guthrie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1941

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
35' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Quail Avenue

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over 490th Street east of Hancock

Hancock, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1951-52

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Unknown and Iowa Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-45' and 2-35' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 490th Street

Significance: