This through plate girder and steel stringer bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line across 243rd Avenue (former Iowa Highway 5) south of Moravia

Moravia, Appanoose County, Iowa

Owner: Iowa Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1928

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
39' through plate girder and 2-30' steel stringers

Description:
Through plate girder and steel stringer bridge over 243rd Avenue (former Iowa Highway 5)

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over the Chariton River in Rathbun

Rathbun, Appanoose County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
85' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Chariton River

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge is the western crossing of Walnut Creek along the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline at Rathbun

Rathbun, Appanoose County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1939 and c. 2000 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
75' through plate girder and 35' deck plate girder

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Walnut Creek

Significance:

This small deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 160th Avenue southwest of Mystic

Mystic, Appanoose County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
25' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 160th Avenue

Significance:

This small deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 430th Street southwest of Moravia

Moravia, Appanoose County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
25' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over 430th Street

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Brandon Avenue (former Iowa Highway 5) in Moravia

Moravia, Appanoose County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
20' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Brandon Avenue (former Iowa Highway 5)

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over 168th Avenue southwest of Mystic

Mystic, Appanoose County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

Unknown and A. Olson Construction Company of Waterloo, Iowa

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
28' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 168th Avenue

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge is the eastern crossing of Walnut Creek along the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline at Rathbun

Rathbun, Appanoose County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1903 and 1939

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
75' through plate girder and 2-45' deck plate girders

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Walnut Creek

Significance: