This large deck plate girder bridge carries a former Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad line over the Des Moines River south of Fraser

Fraser, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1915 and 1923

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Ferro Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway

Design:
7-96' and 1-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Des Moines River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Grand Avenue (US Highway 69) near downtown Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1938

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Ben Cole & Son of Ames, Iowa

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-50' and 2-20' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Grand Avenue (US Highway 69)

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge is the northern of two bridges carrying a former Great Northern Railway mainline over US Highway 75 northwest of Hull

Hull, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
1-32' and 2-26' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over US Highway 75

Significance:

This small deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) mainline over an unnamed creek alongside White Pole Road west of Anita

Anita, Cass County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1944 using a span fabricated 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
24' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This large double stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Mud Creek on the east side of Jewell

Jewell, Hamilton County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-24' stone arches

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Mud Creek

Significance:

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 Akron

Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner: D&I Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1947 using spans fabricated 1898

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:

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 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 unique double intersection Warren deck truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over the East Fork Des Moines River west of Armstrong

Armstrong, Emmet County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Closed to all Traffic

Built 1899 using a span fabricated c. 1885

by

Unknown and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway

Design:
90' double intersection Warren deck truss and steel stringer

Description:
Double intersection Warren deck truss bridge over East Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried a former Great Northern Railway mainline across the West Branch Floyd River between Sioux Center and Maurice

Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1944 using spans fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
1-60' and 2-40' through plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Branch Floyd River

Significance: