Wapsipinicon River

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"Flying" Bridge (Chickasaw County, Iowa)
Built 1876 in Otterville, IA. Moved to Fredericksburg, IA in 1998.
Pratt through truss bridge over East Wapsipinicon River on Robert Mattke Park Trail
Open to pedestrians

270th Street Bridge (Bremer County, Iowa)
Originally built 1872 as a three-span bridge in Waverly; relocated here 1902; Collapsed summer 1966
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 270th Street
Collapsed

2nd Street Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1894; Replaced 1968
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 2nd Street
Replaced by a new bridge

490th Street Bridge (Mitchell County, Iowa)
Replaced 1997
Lost concrete arch bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 490th Street
Replaced by new bridge

Anamosa Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1887; Replaced 1929; Closed to vehicular traffic 1955; Restored 1975; Damaged by flooding in 2008 and closed to all traffic; Reopened after repairs, ca 2011-2012
Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Pedestrian Walkway in Anamosa
Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Bridge East of Waubeek (Newer) (Linn County, Iowa)
Built between 1875 and 1895
Lost Bridge over Wapsipinicon River on E28
No longer exists, built between 1875 and 1895

Broadway Street Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1889; Removed ?
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Broadway Street
Removed but not

Buena Vista Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built 1894; Abandoned 1967; Collapsed during removal 1968
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Collapsed during removal

CD&M - US 67 Overpass (Scott County, Iowa)
Removed 1940
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over US 67 on Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Removed but not replaced

CD&M - Wapsi Backwaters Trestle (Clinton County, Iowa)
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Wapsipinicon River Backwater on Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Removed but not replaced

CD&M - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1904; Removed 1940
Lost Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway
Removed but not replaced

CGW - East Fork Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Chickasaw County, Iowa)
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over East Fork Wapsipinicon River on Chicago Great Western Railway
Removed

CGW - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Mitchell County, Iowa)
Lost Bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad
No longer exists

CGW - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Tripoli) (Bremer County, Iowa)
Abandoned and removed 1970
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on former Chicago Great Western, later Chicago & North Western Railway
Demolished

CGW - Wapsipinicon River Trestle (Readlyn) (Bremer County, Iowa)
Abandoned 1985
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Wapsipinicon River on former Chicago Great Western, later Chicago & North Western Railway
Demolished

CN - Central City Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1924, approaches rebuilt 1953
Deck plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on CN Railroad
Open to traffic

CN - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1914
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Waspinicon River on Candian National Railtional Railway
Open to traffic

CNW - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built 1888, Replaced 1912
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

D&W - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Black Hawk County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad
Open to traffic

DME - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad
Open to traffic

Elm Street Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1928; Replaced 1994
Lost Deck Plate Girder Bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Elm Street/CH E34
Replaced by a new bridge

Frederika Bridge (Old) (Bremer County, Iowa)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Removed but not replaced

Frederika Bridge (Older) (Bremer County, Iowa)
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Hale Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1877-1879; Replaced 2003; Relocated 2006
Relocated Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 100th Avenue in Hale Township
Open to pedestrians only

Hale Bridge (Original Location) (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1879
Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 100th Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Henderson Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Lost Warren through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
No longer exists

High Rock Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1902; Replaced 1982
Lost Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

IA13 Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1929; Replaced 1973
Lost Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Marion Road
Replaced by a new bridge upstream

IA150 Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1927 by the Miller-Taylor Construction Co. of Waterloo, Iowa; rehabilitated 1999
Four-span concrete arch bridge over the Wapsipinicon River on IA 150 in Independence
Open to traffic

IA9 Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Pre 1979) (Mitchell County, Iowa)
Built ?; Replaced 1979
Lost Bridge over Wapsipinicon River on IA 9
Replaced by a new bridge

IA939 Wapsipinicon River Bridge (1917) (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1917; rehabilitated 1986
Arch bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 1st Street W in Independence
Open to traffic

IC - Central City Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Replaced 1924
Lost Linville variant Whipple through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad (IC)
Replaced by a new bridge

IC - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Replaced 1914
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

Landis Road Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1909
Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Landis Road
Open to traffic

Lincoln Highway Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built ca. 1930
Two-span pony plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 235th Street (former Lincoln Highway)
Closed

Lincoln Highway Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Old) (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built 1896, Replaced 1930; Removed in the 1950s
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Lincoln Highway
Replaced by a new bridge

Littleton Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Lost Parker through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon Rive on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Littleton Howe Truss (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1876; Replaced ?
Howe through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Main Street Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1952
Steel stringer bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Main Street
Open to traffic

Main Street Bridge (1892) (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Build 1892, Replaced 1917
Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 1st Street/Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Main Street Bridge (Old) (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1876 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, Replaced 1957
Lost Bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Massillon Bridge (Cedar County, Iowa)
Built 1868;
Lost Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Matsell Bowstring Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1870; Replaced 1939
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Matsell Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Matsell Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1939
Plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Matsell Park Road
Open to traffic

MILW - Olin Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built here 1913, Removed 1980
Lost Warren pony truss with all verticals bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed but not replaced

MILW - Olin Bridge (Old) (Jones County, Iowa)
Built ?; Replaced 1913
Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

MILW - Oxford Junction Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1899; Abandoned 8/12/40; Removed ca. 1941
Lost Truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed

MILW - Stone City Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1882; Removed 1980
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed

MILW - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (DeWitt) (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1910; Abandoned & Removed 1931
Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Removed

Newport Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1872
Truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
No longer exists

Olin Bowstring Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1877, Replaced ???
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Main Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Otterville Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1876; Moved to Fredericksburg 1998
Relocated Pratt through truss bridge originally over Wapsipinicon River on Otterville Boulevard
Open to pedestrians only at new location

Oxford Mills Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1877
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Quasqueton Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Replaced 1959
Camelback through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Water Street
Replaced by a new bridge

RI - Independence Deck Girder (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Buitl 1935; Removed 1976?
Lost DPG Bridge with timber stringer approaches over Wapsipinicon River on former Rock Island RR
Removed but not replaced

RI - Independence Lattice Truss (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Replaced 1935
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

RI - Independence Thacher Truss (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Built 1881
Lost Thacher through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Railroad
No longer exists

RI - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built 1881; Abandoned & Removed 1940
Lost Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Removed

Rothstein Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built 1867; Replaced 1894
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge after the channel shifted.

Shaw Road Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1924; rehabilitated 1954 ; lost 2017
Two-span through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Shaw Road
Demolished

Stephen's Ford Bridge (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1867; Replaced 1878?
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Stephen's Ferry Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Stevens Point Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built ca 1890; Damaged by ice 1934 & repaired; Removed 1967
Lost Through truss bridge
Removed but not replaced

Stone City Bridge (Jones County, Iowa)
Built 1881; Replaced 1971
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Stone City Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Taylor's Ford Bridge (Buchanan County, Iowa)
Originally built 1872 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. on Main Street in Independence; relocated here in 1891
Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Nolen Avenue, southeast of Independence
Open to pedestrians only

Toronto Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Built 1896; Replaced by a bridge upstream 1936; Removed?
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Tripoli Bridge (Bremer County, Iowa)
Built 1883
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Troy Mills Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1887; South span replaced 1899; Replaced 1950
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Troy Mills Road
Replaced by a new bridge

UP - Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Clinton County, Iowa)
Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Upper Paris Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1879; rehabilitated 1987
Whipple through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Sutton Road near Paris
Open to traffic

US 67 Wapsipinicon River Bridge (1926) (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1926; Replaced 1982
Lost Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on US 67
Replaced by a new bridge

US61 Wapsi River Overflow Bridge (Old) (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1922; Replaced 1958
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on US 61
Replaced by a new bridge

US61 Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Old) (Scott County, Iowa)
Built 1922, Middle span washed away 1958; Replaced 1965
Lost Through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on US 61
Replaced by a new bridge

Wapsipinicon 200th Street bridge (Howard County, Iowa)
Built 1904
Pratt pony truss bridge over Wapsipinicion River on 200th Street
Intact but closed to all traffic

Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Black Hawk County, Iowa)
Built or relocated here 1945; closed to traffic Oct. 2017
Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on E. Bennington Road
Closed to all traffic

Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Chickasaw County, Iowa)
Built 1914
Pony truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 100th Street
Open to traffic

Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Howard County, Iowa)
Built 1904, collapsed and removed 2000; possibly to be replaced 2018 - 2019
Lost pony truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 180th Street
Removed but not replaced; Replacement possible

Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Mitchell County, Iowa)
Built 1913, replaced 2010
Pony truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 465 Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Bremer County, Iowa)
Built 1942; replaced 1998
Lost pony truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on 165th Street
Replaced by new bridge

Wapsipinicon River Bridge (Mitchell County, Iowa)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on road
Replaced by a new bridge

Waubeek Bowstring Bridge (1873) (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1873; Trestle washed out 1888 & Replaced w/ truss 1889; Replaced 1915
Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Bridge Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Waubeek Pony Truss Bridge (1915) (Linn County, Iowa)
Built 1915; Replaced 1976
Lost Warren pony truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
Replaced by a new bridge