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Summerset Trail - Middle River Bridge
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:
UP Bridge #203.91
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
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
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CN Inwood Avenue Bridge
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
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:
BNSF 340th Street Bridge
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:
CN Old Boyer River Bridge
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:
Heart Of Iowa Nature Trail - 597th Avenue Bridge
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
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:
UP Middle Raccoon River Bridge #3
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:
DAIR Bridge #T-492 1/2
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:
BNSF Ingrum Avenue Bridge
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
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:
IAIS Turkey Creek Bridge
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
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: