Railroad Bridges in , Iowa

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Random Bridges

Summerset Trail - Middle River Bridge
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Summerset Trail - Middle River Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #3740)

This unusual Warren pony truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) branch line over the Middle River at Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park

Summerset, Warren County, Iowa

Owner: Warren County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1930 using a span fabricated c. 1890

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
100' Warren pony truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Warren pony truss bridge over Middle River

Significance:

Regional

UP Bridge #203.91
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UP Bridge #203.91

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #721)

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 60 south of Ashton

Ashton, Osceola County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Cleary-White Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
50' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

CN Inwood Avenue Bridge
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CN Inwood Avenue Bridge

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #WA406.6)

This concrete encased beam and concrete slab bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad line over Inwood Avenue between Rockwell City and Yetter

Yetter, Calhoun County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1928

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
28' concrete encased beam and 3-16' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete encased beam and concrete slab bridge over Inwood Avenue

Significance:

Local

BNSF 340th Street Bridge
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BNSF 340th Street Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1358)

This standard concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 340th Street northeast of Manilla

Manilla, Crawford 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 340th Street

Significance:

Local

CN Old Boyer River Bridge
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CN Old Boyer River Bridge

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #WA494.7)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Illinois Central Railroad mainline over a former channel of the Boyer River alongside Old Lincoln Highway near Loveland

Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois and Campbell & Saguin of Council Bluffs, Iowa

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
1-89' and 2-75' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over former alignment of Boyer River

Significance:

Local

Heart Of Iowa Nature Trail - 597th Avenue Bridge
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Heart Of Iowa Nature Trail - 597th Avenue Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #Z-1088)

This concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 597th Avenue east of Cambridge

Cambridge, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Story County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1913 and 1946

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over 597th Avenue

Significance:

Local

UP Middle Raccoon River Bridge #3
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UP Middle Raccoon River Bridge #3

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #801)

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the Middle Raccoon River east of Maple River

Maple River, Carroll County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3-65' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Middle Raccoon River

Significance:

Local

DAIR Bridge #T-492 1/2
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DAIR Bridge #T-492 1/2

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Bridge #T-498 1/2)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 12 in Westfield

Westfield, Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner: D&I Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1943 using a span fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
30' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Ingrum Avenue Bridge
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BNSF Ingrum Avenue Bridge

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #470.34)

This concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Ingrum Avenue (Former US Highway 34/County Road H30) on the east side of Glenwood

Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1922

by

George W. Condon of Omaha, Nebraska

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
24' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Ingrum Avenue (County Road H30)

Significance:

Local

IAIS Turkey Creek Bridge
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IAIS Turkey Creek Bridge

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Bridge #4193)

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over Turkey Creek west of Adair

Adair, Adair County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1954 using secondhand spans fabricated c. 1900

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois; Iowa Bridge Company of Des Moines, Iowa and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-50' and 2-44' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Turkey Creek

Significance:

Local