This historic Pratt through truss bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over Silver Creek between Malvern and Silver City

Silver City, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: Mills County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1923 using a span fabricated 1892; approaches rebuilt 1934

by

Pencoyd Bridge & Construction Company (A&P Roberts Company) of Pencyod, Pennnsylvania and Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
129' Pratt through truss and 1-24' and 8-20' steel stringers

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Silver Creek

Significance:

This double concrete box culvert carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Vine Street in Glenwood

Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
double 12'x14' concrete box culvert

Description:
Double concrete box culvert over Vine Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over the Wabash Trace Nature Trail (former Wabash Railroad) west of Malvern

Malvern, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903, north track rebuilt 2000

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
53' deck plate girder (south track), 53' concrete modular girder (north track)

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wabash Trace Nature Trail (former Wabash Railroad)

Significance:

This deck plate girder and steel stringer bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over an unnamed creek between Malvern and Silver City

Silver City, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: Mills County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1940 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
40' deck plate girder and 3-18' steel stringers

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

Significance:

This small concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Jamett Road west of Glenwood

Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1950

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
26' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Jamett Road

Significance:

This through plate girder overpass carries 272nd Street over a BNSF Railway (former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad) mainline near the former station of Balfour

Malvern, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Open to Automobile Traffic

Built 1952 using a span fabricated c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
45' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder overpass over BNSF Railway (former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad)

Significance:

This small concrete slab bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Lacey Street in Glenwood

Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1950

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
26' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Lacey Street

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over Snake Creek alongside County Road H12 in Mineola

Mineola, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: Mills County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1940

by

Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
1-44', 4-22' and 1-21' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Snake Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over Indian Creek alongside County Road H34 on the east side of Emerson

Emerson, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
1-65' and 2-45' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Indian Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder and timber pile trestle bridge carries a former Wabash Railroad branch line over Keg Creek near Brothers Avenue in Mineola

Mineola, Mills County, Iowa

Owner: Mills County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1940 using a span fabricated c. 1890

by

Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
41' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Keg Creek

Significance: