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This partially demolished historic Pratt through truss bridge carried the Illinois Central Railroad Onawa Branch across the Little Sioux River on the south side of Correctionville
Correctionville, Woodbury County, Iowa
Owner: Woodbury County
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic; North Span and Approaches Replaced
Built 1887 and 1911 using a span fabricated 1881
by
Union Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York; Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Unknown
for
Illinois Central Railroad
Design:
1-150', 1-123' Pratt through trusses and timber pile trestle
Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Little Sioux River
Significance:
This deck plate girder carries the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway mainline across Wilson Creek along US Highway 12 east of Knapp
Owner: Union Pacific Railroad
Status: In Use
Built 1943 using a span fabricated c. 1900
by
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown
for
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Design:
50' deck plate girder and 2-30' steel stringers
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Wilson Creek
Significance:
This through plate girder bridge crosses Glenwood Avenue (County Road 40) west of Xenia Avenue
Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Status: In Use
Built 1926
by
Unknown
for
Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway
Design:
42' through plate girder and 2-18' concrete slab
Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Glenwood Avenue (County Road 40)
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 deck plate girder bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over South Main Street (Southbound Business US Route 51) in Decatur
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
Owner: Canadian National Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1933
by
Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Company of Decatur, Illinois and Cope & Fisher of Decatur, Illinois
for
Illinois Central Railroad
Design:
2-60' and 2-19' deck plate girders
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over South Main Street (Southbound Business US Route 51)
Significance:
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