This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago Great Western Railway over 12th Street in St. Charles

St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1941

by

Des Moines Steel Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
16' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 12th Street

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over County Road R38 (500th Avenue/Y Avenue) on the west edge of Ames

Ames, Story County, Iowa to Jordan, Boone County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1941

by

Des Moines Steel Company of Des Moines, Iowa; Widell Company of Mankato, Minnesota and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over County Road R38 (500th Avenue/Y Avenue)

Significance:

This steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Woodland Avenue in Mankato

Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Open to Traffic

Built ca. 1930

by

Des Moines Steel Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway/Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
30' steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Woodland Avenue

Significance: