This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over Wright County Ditch #3 southeast of Galt

Galt, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Milliken Brothers of New York City, New York

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
3-30' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wright County Ditch #3

Significance:

This abandoned Pratt through truss bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad Onawa Branch over the Little Sioux River south of Cherokee

Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1887

by

Union Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
150' Pratt through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Sioux River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over the West Fork Des Moines River west of Bradgate

Bradgate, Humboldt County, Iowa

Owner: Humboldt County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1902, 1917 and c. 1920

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
5-70' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over West Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over Willow Creek on the north side of of Le Mars

Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1938 using a span fabricated c. 1915

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
60' through plate girder and concrete modular girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Willow Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over an abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line in Storm Lake

Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
34' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over US Highway 169 (Jones Street) in Algona

Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1954

by

Unknown and Amos Melberg Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

for

Iowa State Highway Commission and Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-55', 1-45' and 1-40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over US Highway 169 (Jones Street)

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over an unnamed creek east of Livermore

Livermore, Humboldt County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1955 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
22' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over the West Fork Des Moines River west of Emmetsburg

Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-75' deck plate girders and concrete modular girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over West Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway line in Humboldt

Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa

Owner: Humboldt County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1917

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
76' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Three Rivers Trail (former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway)

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over an unnamed ditch alongside Iowa Highway 140 between Moville and Kingsley

Moville, Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1907

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
12' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over unnamed ditch

Significance: