Mad Creek

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2nd Street Bridge (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1917; Replaced 1963
Lost Concrete deck girder bridge over Mad Creek on 2nd Street
Replaced by a new bridge

2nd Street Bridge (Older) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1884; Replaced 1917
Lost Pony truss bridge over Mad Creek on 2nd Street
Replaced by new bridge

4th Street Footbridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1935; Lost to flooding 1965
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Mad Creek on Footpath
Destroyed by flooding

5th Street Bridge (Older) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1906; Destroyed 1963
Lost Pony truss bridge over Mad Creek on 5th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

CD&M - Mad Creek Bridge #1 (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1912; Removed 1938
Lost Bridge over Mad Creek on Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Removed

CD&M - Mad Creek Bridge #2 (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1912; Removed 1938
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Mad Creek on Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Removed but not replaced

CD&M - Mad Creek Bridge #3 (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Removed 1938
Lost Bridge over Mad Creek on Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Removed

DM&E - Mad Creek Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1901; Raised during a USACE project taking place 1977-1983
Deck plate girder bridge over Mad Creek on Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Open to traffic

Isett Avenue Bridge (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1912; Replaced 1980
Bridge over Geneva Creek on Isett Avenue & Clinton Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Replaced by a new bridge

Mad Creek Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1924
Arch bridge over Mad Creek on Park Avenue W in Muscatine
Open to traffic

Mad Creek Private Footbridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Steel stringer bridge over Mad Creek West Fork on Private Path
Open to authorized vehicles only... not that you'd want to.

Monroe Street Bridge (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1913, Filled in during the 1960s when Mad Creek was re-channeled.
Filled in bridge over Mad Creek on Monroe Street
Filled in

Monroe Street Bridge (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1893; Replaced 1913
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Mad Creek on Monroe Street
Removed but not replaced

RI - Heinz Trestle (N) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Lost in the 1960s when the Corps of Engineers re-channeled Mad Creek
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Mad Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Removed but not replaced

RI - Heinz Trestle (S) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Lost in the 1960s when the Corps of Engineers re-channeled Mad Creek
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Mad Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Removed

RI - Mad Creek Bridge #1 (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built ?; Abandoned ?; Removed 1968
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Mad Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Wilton Spur
Replaced by a new bridge

RI - Mad Creek Bridge #1 (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1883; Replaced ?
Lost Uncovered Howe through truss over Mad Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

RI - Mad Creek Bridge #2 (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built 1912; Removed 1938
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Geneva Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Wilton Spur
Removed

RI - Mad Creek Bridge #3 (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Removed 1934
Lost Bridge over Mad Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Removed

RI - Mad Creek Bridge #4 (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Removed 1934
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Mad Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Removed but not replaced

RI - Mad Creek Bridge #6 (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Mad Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Removed

RI - Mad Creek Bridge (Old) (Muscatine County, Iowa)
Built ?; Replaced 1901
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Mad Creek on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge