This iconic Baltimore deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the Des Moines River between Boone and Ogden

Boone, Boone County, Iowa to Ogden, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Bypassed and Closed To Traffic

Built 1899-1901

by

American Bridge Company of New York (Various Shops); Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota and Engineering Contract Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
300' Baltimore deck truss and 21-75' and 18-45' deck plate girders

Description:
Baltimore deck truss and deck plate girder viaduct over Des Moines River and Juneberry Road

Significance:

This concrete arch bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Murphy Creek on the west side of Madrid

Madrid, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Boone County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1913

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
16' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Murphy Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge was the eighth and final crossing of Honey Creek on the original Chicago & North Western Railway mainline through Moingona

Moingona, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: United States of America

Status: Removed but not replaced

Built 1898

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
79' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Honey Creek

Significance:

This stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over an unnamed tributary of South Onion Creek near Jordan

Jordan, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
15' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over tributary of South Onion Creek

Significance:

This stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Polecat Creek west of Boone

Boone, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
12' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Polecat Creek

Significance:

This stone arch bridge carries an abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line over Mill Creek in Moingona

Moingona, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: United States of America

Status: Abandoned

Built 1881

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
12' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Mill Creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over X Avenue between Jordan and Ames

Jordan, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1941

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over X Avenue

Significance:

This Parker and Pratt through truss bridge east of Moingona was the original crossing of the Des Moines River along the Chicago & North Western Railway mainline across Iowa

Moingona, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: United States of America

Status: Removed but not replaced

Built 1894

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
200' Parker through truss, 160' Pratt through truss and 4-80' deck plate girders

Description:
Parker and Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River

Significance:

This modern deck plate girder viaduct carries a Union Pacific Railroad line over the Des Moines River parallel to the original Kate Shelley Bridge between Boone and Ogden

Boone, Boone County, Iowa to Ogden, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 2006-09 using spans fabricated 1973

by

Bennett Industries of Peotone, Illinois; Paxton-Vierling Steel Company of Omaha, Nebraska and OCCI, Inc. of Fulton, Missouri

for

Union Pacific Railroad

Design:
20-110' and 6-70' deck plate girders and 6-30' and 1-13' concrete modular girders

Description:
Deck plate girder viaduct over Des Moines River and Juneberry Road

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over Big Creek between Slater and Madrid

Madrid, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Boone County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1912

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
65' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Big Creek

Significance: