This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline across Little Beaver Creek along US Highway 30 between Beaver and Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

American Bridge Company of New York (Lassig Plant) and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
68' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Little Beaver Creek

Significance:

This stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Jordan Avenue west of Jefferson

Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1893

by

John A. & George Garden of Romeoville, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Jordan Avenue

Significance:

This Pratt through truss and deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over the North Raccoon River south of Jefferson

Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Greene County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1916, 1920 and 1930 using spans fabricated c. 1895, 1902 and 1914

by

Unknown; Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
113' Pratt through truss, 1-54' and 1-50' deck plate girders, steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss and deck plate girder bridge over North Raccoon River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over Neola Avenue south of Jefferson

Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Greene County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1970 using a span fabricated c. 1920

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
55' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Neola Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carried a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline across West Beaver Creek along US Highway 30 on the east side of Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1901

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
80' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Beaver Creek

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over an unnamed tributary of Buttrick Creek west of Grand Junction

Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1898 and 1900

by

Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
10' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed tributary of Buttrick Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder and stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the North Raccoon River west of Jefferson

Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1929 reusing approaches constructed 1893

by

John A. & George Garden of Romeoville, Illinois; American Bridge Company of New York and Gaffin & Gehri of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
6-70' deck plate girders and 4-32' stone arches

Description:
Deck plate girder and stone arch bridge over North Raccoon River

Significance: