Iowa Interstate Railroad

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"Happy Day" Bridge (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Built 1926
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Entrance on Railroad
Open to traffic

Adair Viaduct (Adair County, Iowa)
Built 1923
Three-span open-spandrel arch bridge over the IAIS Railroad on 5th Street (IA 925) in Adair
Open to traffic

Arsenal Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1896, Rehabilitated 1983 & 1997
Baltimore through truss bridge over Mississippi River on 2 lanes of traffic and a single rail line in Davenport
Open to traffic

Ashworth Park Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Built 1897
Truss bridge over Trail and Walnut Creek on railroad
Open to traffic

Blue Island Railroad Yard Bridges (Cook County, Illinois)
Built in 1935, rebuit in 1964-65
5 different Camelback Pratt through truss bridges on several different railroads crossing Cal Sag Channel
4 wider spans still in use by railroad, a 5th narrower span not used at this time

Booneville Railroad Bridge (Dallas County, Iowa)
Built 1900
Quadrangular lattice truss bridge over Racoon River on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

Capitol Street Underpass (Johnson County, Iowa)
Built 1900
Steel stringer bridge over Capitol Street on Railroad
Open to traffic

CRandIC Prairie Creek Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Prairie Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

CRandIC Prairie Creek Bridge #2 (Linn County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Prairie Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

East Avenue Underpass (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Pony through girder over East Avenue on Railroad
Open to traffic

Hennepin Canal Railroad Bridge 1 (Bureau County, Illinois)
Bridge over Hennepin Canal on Iowa Interstate RR(former Rock Island)
Open to traffic

Hennepin Canal Railroad Bridge 2 (Bureau County, Illinois)
Built around 1907
Bridge over Hennepin Canal on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island)
Open to traffic

Hennepin Canal Railroad Bridge 5 (Henry County, Illinois)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Hennepin Canal on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open to traffic

IA925 Underpass (Guthrie County, Iowa)
Steel stringer bridge over IA 925 on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS 32nd Avenue Overpass (Jasper County, Iowa)
Steel stringer bridge over S 32nd Avenue W on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS 3rd Street Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1928
Subdivided Warren Through truss bridge over 3rd Street on Iowa Interstate Railroad tracks
Open to traffic

IAIS 4th Street Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1928
Subdivided Warren Through truss bridge on Iowa Interstate Railroad over 4th Street
Open to traffic

IAIS 555th Street Overpass (Cass County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over 555th Street
Open to traffic

IAIS 80th Street Underpass (Polk County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over 80th Street on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS 8th Street SW Overpass (Polk County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over 8th Street SW on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Alleyway Bridge #1 (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902
Steel Stringer Bridge over Alleyway on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Alleyway Bridge #2 (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902
Lost Steel stringer bridge over Filled In Alleyway on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Filled in but still exists

IAIS Big Bear Creek Bridge (Iowa County, Iowa)
Built 1901
Truss bridge on railroad over Big Bear Creek
Open to traffic

IAIS Big Bear Creek Bridge (Near Victor) (Iowa County, Iowa)
Through truss bridge on railroad over Big Bear Creek
Open to traffic

IAIS Brady Street Overpass (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902
Through Plate girder bridge over Brady Street on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Branch Big Elkhorn Creek Bridge (Cedar County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Branch Big Elkhorn Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Branch Big Elkhorn Creek Bridge (Cedar County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Branch Big Elkhorn Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Branch Big Elkhorn Creek Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Branch Big Elkhorn Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Branch Big Elkhorn Creek Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Branch Big Elkhorn Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Bulger Creek Bridge (Dallas County, Iowa)
Built 1944
Warren through truss bridge over Bulgar Creek on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Cedar River Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Cedar River on IAIS
Open to traffic

IAIS Clear Creek Bridge (Johnson County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Des Moines River Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Built sometime after 1901 replacing a 4 span lattice truss bridge
8 span Through Plate Girder bridge over Des Moines River on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Duck Creek Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Duck Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS East Nishnabotna River Bridge (Cass County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over East Nishnabotna River on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS East Wapsinonoc Creek bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built ca 1900. Two spans built 1953
Deck plate girder bridge over East Wapsinonoc Creek on railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Filmore Street Overpass (Scott County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Filmore Street on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Fourmile Creek Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1900
Five span deck plate girder bridge over Fourmile Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Fox River Bridge (La Salle County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River on Iowa Interstate RR in Ottawa
Open to traffic

IAIS Harrison Street Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902
Steel Stringer bridge over Harrison Street on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Hickman Road Overpass (Polk County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Hickman Road on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS I280 Overpass (Scott County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over I280 on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS IA14 Overpass (Jasper County, Iowa)
Built 1965
Steel stringer bridge over US6/IA14 on Railroad
Open

IAIS IA163 Overpass (Marion County, Iowa)
Abandoned pony/through girder bridge over Hwy 163 on former Iowa Interstate RR
Derelict/abandoned with rails removed

IAIS Iowa River Bridge (Johnson County, Iowa)
Built ca1900
Deck plate girder bridge on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Jordan Creek Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Jordan Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Little Fourmile Creek Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Steel stringer bridge over Little Fourmile Creek on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Main Street Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902
Steel stringer bridge over Main Street on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS McPherson Avenue Overpass (Pottawattamie County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over McPherson Avenue & Little Mosquito Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Nishnabotna River Bridge (Pottawattamie County, Iowa)
Built 1953 as part of a line relocation
Deck plate girder bridge over Nishnabotna River on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Overpass (Pottawattamie County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Railroad on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Perry Street Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902
Through Plate girder bridge over Perry Street on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Raccoon River Bridge (Spur) (Polk County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Raccoon River on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Ralston Creek Bridge (Johnson County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Ralston Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Rhine Creek Bridge (Johnson County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Rhine Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Ripley Street Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902
Through Plate Girder bridge over Ripley Street on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Rock Island Arsenal Overpass (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over East Avenue on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Rock River Bridge (Calona) (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Deck Plate Girder Bridge over Rock River on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open

IAIS Rock River Bridge (N) (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Built 1894; relocated here in 1924
Quadrangular Through Truss Bridge over Rock River on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Rock River Bridge (S) (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Built 1930
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Rock River on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS RR Little Vermillion River Bridge (La Salle County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge over Little Vermillion River on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR) in LaSalle
Open to traffic

IAIS Severs Creek bridge (Jasper County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Severs Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Skunk River (North Fork) Bridge (Jasper County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Skunk River on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Skunk River Bridge (Jasper County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1900, approaches replaced about 1980
Warren Through Truss Bridge over Skunk River on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Sugar Creek Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Sugar Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Sugar Creek Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Steel stringer bridge over Sugar Creek on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Turkey Creek Bridge (Adair County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Turkey Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS US59 Overpass (Pottawattamie County, Iowa)
Steel stringer bridge over US59 on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS US6 Overpass (Pottawattamie County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over US 6 on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS US6 Overpass (Jasper County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over US6 on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Walnut Creek Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Pony truss bridge over Walnut Creek on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Walnut Creek bridge (Pottawattamie County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Walnut Creek on Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Walnut Creek Bridge #2 (Polk County, Iowa)
Line purchased from Milwaukee Road in 1983 by Chicago Northwestern/Iowa Interstate
Pony truss bridge over Walnut Creek on Iowa Interstate Railroad
Open to traffic

IAIS Wisconsin Avenue Overpass (Scott County, Iowa)
Concrete stringer bridge over Wisconsin Avenue on Railroad
Open to traffic

Iowa Interstate RR Aux Sable Creek Bridge (Grundy County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge over Aux Sable Creek on Iowa Interstate RR
Open to traffic

Iowa Interstate RR Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Built 1914
Slab bridge over CR 2160 E on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open

Iowa Interstate RR Green River Bridge (Henry County, Illinois)
Lattice through truss bridge over Green River on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open to traffic

Iowa Interstate RR Negro Creek Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge over Negro Creek on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open

Iowa Interstate RR West Bureau Creek Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge on Iowa Interstate RR(former Rock Island RR)
Open to traffic

Metra/Iowa Interstate Railroad Bridge (Will County, Illinois)
Through truss bridge over Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island) on Metra Southwest Line (former Norfolk & Western) in New Lenox
Open to traffic

Rock Island RR Bureau Creek Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Deck girder bridge over Big Bureau Creek on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island) W. of Bureau Junction
Open to traffic

Rock Island RR Bureau Creek Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Big Bureau Creek on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island) S. of Bureau Junction
Open to traffic

Rock Island RR Bureau Creek Overflow Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Built 1948 by the Bethlehem Steel Co
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Bureau Creek Overflow on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open to traffic

Rock Island RR Gimlet Creek Bridge (Marshall County, Illinois)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Gimlet Creek on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open

Rock Island RR Intermittent Stream Bridge (Putnam County, Illinois)
Built 1937
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed intermittent stream on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open to traffic

Rock Island RR Old Senachwine Creek Bridge (Putnam County, Illinois)
Looks like original Senachwine creek bed. Very early 1900's
Deck plate girder bridge over abandoned Senachwine Creek on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open to traffic

Rock Island RR Senachwine Creek Bridge (Putnam County, Illinois)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Senachwine Creek on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open to traffic

Rock Island RR Thenius Creek Bridge (Marshall County, Illinois)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Thenius Creek on Iowa Interstate RR (former Rock Island RR)
Open

Sylvan Slough Railroad Bridge (Rock Island County, Illinois)
Built 1924
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Sylvan Slough on Railroad
Open to traffic

UPRR/IAIS Bridge (Bureau County, Illinois)
Built 1910
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Iowa Interstate RR on Union Pacific Railroad (former C&NW)
Open to traffic