This small stone arch culvert carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over a sidewalk on the north side of the Iowa State University campus

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
8' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over sidewalk

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over County Road S14 (3rd Street) on the west side of Nevada

Nevada, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company of Des Moines, Iowa and John P. Abrahamson Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
28' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over County Road S14 (3rd Street)

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Haber Road on the north side of the Iowa State University campus in Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1938

by

Unknown and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
18' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Haber Road

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over US Highway 65 on the east side of Colo

Colo, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1934

by

McClintic-Marshall Corportation of Chicago, Illinois and Zitterell-Mills Company of Webster City, Iowa

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-34' and 2-30' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over US Highway 65

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge once carried a Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern railroad branch line over Ioway Creek (formerly Squaw Creek) in Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Removed but not replaced

Built 1940

by

Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad

Design:
4-50' and 1-42' steel stringers

Description:
Lost steel stringer bridge over Ioway Creek (formerly Squaw Creek)

Significance:

This through and deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over East Indian Creek and Union Pacific Railroad (Former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway) east of Nevada

Nevada, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1902

by

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

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
68' deck plate girder and 68' through plate girder

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over East Indian Creek and Union Pacific Railroad (Former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway)

Significance:

This stone arch culvert carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over an unnamed ditch on the west side of Nevada

Nevada, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1891 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 ditch

Significance:

This large deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over the South Skunk River on the east side of Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1949

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin; American Bridge Company of New York and Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-110', 1-75' deck plate girder and 1-20' and 1-18' steel stringers

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over South Skunk River

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Grand Avenue (US Highway 69) near downtown Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1938

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Ben Cole & Son of Ames, Iowa

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-50' and 2-20' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Grand Avenue (US Highway 69)

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad mainline over an unnamed creek east of Nevada

Nevada, Story County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1940

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad

Design:
35' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance: