Maquoketa River

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1st Avenue Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1915
Arch bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on 1st Avenue in Dyersville
Open to traffic

295th Street Bridge (Old) (Delaware County, Iowa)
Lost Truss bridge over Maquoketa River on 295th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Backbone Park Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Replaced 1976
Lost Bridge over Maquoketa River on 129th Street
Replaced by a new bridge; Abutments remain

Backbone State Park Maquoketa River Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1934
Steel stringer bridge over Maquoketa River on Pk 603(Bkbone)
Open to traffic

Bailey's Ford Bridge (Older) (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1909; Replaced 1957
Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Maquoketa River
Replaced by a new bridge

Bridgeport Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1877
Lost Bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Cascade Stone Arch (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1867; Removed 1927 for hydrological reasons that led to the catostrophic 1925 flood; Limestone reused to build a silo.
Lost Stone arch bridge over Maquoketa River on National Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Caven Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1900; Removed 2021
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on 60th Avenue
No longer exists

CGW - Maquoketa River Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Abandoned 1980, removed 1980s
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Maquoketa River on former Chicago Great Western, later Chicago & North Western Railway
Demolished

Chenelworth Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1927; rehabilitated 1957
Through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on 82nd Avenue
Open to traffic

Cheneworth's Ford Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1873
Truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
No longer exists

Clark's Ferry Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1874; Destroyed 1927
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
Destroyed by flooding

CN - Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1969
Pony/through plate girder bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on Railroad
Open to traffic

CN - Maquoketa River Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1927
Deck plate girder bridge over Maquoketa River on Candian National Railway
Open to traffic

Corbett's Mill Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1871; Bypassed by a new road in 1958 and passed into private ownership.
Bowstring through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Abandoned Road in Scotch Grove
Destroyed by flooding Saturday July 24, 2010

Damon Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1956
Through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on 435th Avenue (CR Z34)
Open to traffic

Davison Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
NBI says built 1958
Through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on 212th Avenue
Open to traffic

Delhi Dam (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1929, Partially destroyed 2010 when significant rainfall caused dam failure.
Dam over Maquoketa River, top of the dam was used as a bridge.
Road partially rebuilt, but no longer connects across.

DME - Little Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Little Maquoketa River on DME Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

DME - Maquoketa River Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1903; Replaced 2018
Through Plate Girder Bridge over Maquoketa River on Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Open to traffic

Forestville Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
Replaced

Fulton Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1877
Bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Hartwick Bridge (1872) (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1872; Replaced 1949
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
No longer exists

Hopkinton Mill Arch Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1909; Replaced 1935
Lost Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Maquoketa River on Marion Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Hopkinton Mill Bowstring Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1874; Replaced 1909
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Marion Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Hopkinton Mill Kingpost Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 18XX; Destroyed 1874
Lost Kingpost through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
Collapsed

Hopkinton Mill Truss Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1935; replaced 2003
Lost through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Marion Street
No longer exists

Hurstville Lime Works Gravity Railroad Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1900
Abandoned pratt pony truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on Hurstville Lime Kiln Gravity Railroad
Abandoned, one span is sunk into the Northern bank.

IC - Maquoketa River Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1886; Replaced 1927
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Illinois Central Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Iron Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1950
Through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Iron Bridge Road
Open to traffic

Lakehurst Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Pratt through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road


Little Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1937; Replaced 2006
Pony truss bridge over Little Maquoketa River on Girl Scout Road
Replaced by a UCEB

Little Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1910; Removed but not replaced ca. 2006
Through truss bridge over Little Maquoketa River on Landy Road
Removed but not replaced

Little Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1926; Replaced ca. 2006
Through truss bridge over Little Maquoketa River on Budd Road
Replaced by a UCEB

Main Street Bridge (Old) (Delaware County, Iowa)
Replaced 1991(?)
Lost Haunched deck plate girder bridge over Maquoketa River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Main Street Bridge (Older) (Delaware County, Iowa)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Mann's Ferry Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1872; Lost to flooding 1944
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
Destroyed by flooding

Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1904
Through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Bockenstedt Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Maquoketa River Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Marion Street Arch Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built ?; Replaced 1980
Open-spandrel arch bridge over Maquoketa River on Marion Street in Manchester
Replaced by a new bridge

Marion Street Truss Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Marion Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Middle Fork Little Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built 1915
Lost through truss bridge over Middle Fork Little Maquoketa River on Boy Scout Road
No longer exists

Military Road Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1873; Relocated to Buffalo Creek 1930; Moved to a park in 1985
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Military Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Millertown Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1940
Through truss bridge over South Fork Maquoketa River on 30th Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

MILW - Maquoketa River Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Removed in the 1980's
Lost Bridge over Maquoketa River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed

MILW - Maquoketa River Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built ?; Removed 1934
Lost Bridge over South Fork Maquoketa River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed

MILW - Maquoketa River Bridge (Old) (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1871; Replaced ?
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on Davenport & St. Paul Railroad
No longer exists

Morehead Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built or relocated 1982
Through truss bridge over South Fork Maquoketa River on 74th Street
Open to traffic

North Fork Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1920
Through truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on Christoph Road
Open to traffic

North Fork Maquoketa River Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1929
Parker through truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on 182nd Ave/Old US 61
Closed to all traffic

North Fork Maquoketa River Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1939; replaced 2005
Lost through truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on CR Y31 (Bernard Road)
No longer exists

North Fork Maquoketa River Bridge (Dubuque County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1930
Pony truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on South Mound Road
Open to traffic

Ozark Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1875;
Through truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Quaker Mill Bridge (Delaware County, Iowa)
Built 1872; Removed 1968
Lost Bowstring pony truss bridge over Maquoketa River on road
Replaced by a new bridge

Slipper's Mills Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1873
Truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on Road
No longer exists

South Fork Maquoketa River Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1911; Lost/Removed 2013?
Lost pony truss bridge over South Fork Maquoketa River on Union Avenue, a Level B Low Maintenance Road ("Enter at your own risk.")
No longer exists

Supple Ford Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1875; Washed away 1947 but hauled back and reset; Replaced 1991
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over South Fork Maquoketa River on Temple Hill Road in Clay Township
Replaced by new bridge

Tubbs' Mills Bridge (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1871; Replaced?
Bowstring truss bridge over North Fork Maquoketa River on Road
No longer exists

US151 Monticello Bridge (Old) (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1928; Replaced 1969
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on US 151/161
Replaced by a new bridge

US52 Green Island Bridge (Old) (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1928; Replaced 1956
Parker through truss bridge over Maquoketa River on US 52
Replaced by a new bridge

US61B South Fork Maquoketa River Bridge (Old) (Jackson County, Iowa)
Built 1929; Replaced 1999
Lost Through truss bridge over South Fork Maquoketa River on US61 Business
Replaced by a new bridge

Victor Avenue Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1911
Pony truss bridge over South Fork Maquoketa River on Victor Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Washington Avenue Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1899; replaced 2005
Lost through truss bridge over South Fork Maquoketa River on Washington Avenue
No longer exists