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

Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa

Owner: Pocahontas County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Crooked Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over the Boone River southeast of Renwick

Renwick, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3-45' deck plate girders and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Boone River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over US Highway 18 west of Hull

Hull, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1939

by

Unknown and Bonesteel & Hyde of Watertown, South Dakota

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
3-40' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over US Highway 18

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over South Ravine alongside Interstate 29 in Sioux City

Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1920 using a span fabricated c. 1895

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
52' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over South Ravine

Significance:

This deck 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 Carnes

Carnes, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1909

by

Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
60' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Pilot Creek between Rolfe and Bradgate

Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa

Owner: Pocahontas County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1924

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-50' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Pilot Creek

Significance:

This small deck plate girder and steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over an unnamed creek southeast of Renwick

Renwick, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1916

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
28' deck plate girder and 20' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder and steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This Pratt pony truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over the East Fork Des Moines River west of Algona

Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
128' Pratt pony truss and concrete modular girder

Description:
Pratt pony truss bridge over East Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This Warren deck truss bridge is one of several different truss designs built by Phoenix Bridge Company for the Iowa Central Railroad

Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Owner: Cerro Gordo County

Status: Abandoned

Built 1902

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

for

Iowa Central Railroad

Design:
130' riveted Warren deck truss

Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Winnebago River

Significance:

This stone arch culvert carries a former Chicago Great Western Railway line over an unnamed creek along County Road C20 north of Belmond

Belmond, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Wright County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
10' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance: