Fort Dodge, Iowa

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15th Street Viaduct (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1915; Replaced ca. 1974
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway & Soldier Creek on 15th Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Bennett Viaduct (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1910, Center pier repaired 1941; Dismantled 1981.
Lost Pratt truss bridge over Des Moines River on South 3rd Street/G Street
Removed but not replaced

Bobtown Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1876; Replaced 1919
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Hawkeye Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

CN - 14th Street Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1921
Slab bridge over 14th Street on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

CN - 7th Street Overpass (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1900
Pony/through plate girder bridge over 7th Street S on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

CN - 8th Street Overpass (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1920
Concrete deck girder bridge over 8th Street West on Canadian National Railroad
Open to traffic

CN - Deer Creek Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1887
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Deer Creek on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

CN - Des Moines River Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Two spans built 1965, two more spans added in 1999
Deck plate girder bridge over Des Moines River on Railroad
Open to traffic

CN - East Riverside Drive Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1901
Pony/through plate girder bridge over East Riverside Drive on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

CN - Phinney Park Drive Overpass (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1915
Concrete deck girder bridge over Phinney Park Drive on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

CN - Soldier Creek Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1946
Deck plate girder bridge over Soldier Creek on Canadian National Railway
Open to traffic

Fort Dodge High Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1902 by the Mason City and Fort Dodge Railway, later Chicago Great Western
Deck truss bridge over Des Moines River on railroad
Open to traffic

Ft. Dodge Nature Trail - Lionel Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
1909
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Soldier Creek on Fort Dodge Nature Trail
Open to pedestrians only

Ft. Dodge Nature Trail - Soldier Creek Bridge #1 (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1909
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Soldier Creek on Fort Dodge Nature Trail
Open to pedestrians only

Ft. Dodge Nature Trail - Soldier Creek Bridge #2 (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1909
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Soldier Creek on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

Hawkeye Avenue Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1919; Replaced 1987
Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Des Moines River on E Hawkeye Avenue in Fort Dodge
Replaced by new bridge

Hawkeye Highway Lizard Creek Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Lizard Creek on Road
Replaced by a new bridge

Herring Viaduct (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1935; rehabilitated 1977
Cantilevered deck truss bridge over Des Moines River and B Avenue on Kenyon Road in Ft. Dodge
Open to traffic

IC - 7th Street S Overpass (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1919
Deck plate girder bridge over 7th Street S on Abandoned Ilinois Central Railroad
Intact but closed to all traffic

IC - Des Moines River Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1891; Final truss span removed in the mid 1990s
Lost Camelback through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Illinois Central Railroad
Replaced by new bridge

Kenyon Road North Viaduct (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1936; rehabilitated 1977
Haunched Steel stringer over CN Railroad and Meriweather Drive on Kenyon Road (Bus. Hwy. US 20) in Ft. Dodge
Open to traffic

North 1st Street Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1925; Demolished 2018
Lost Stringer bridge over Soldier Creek on N 1st Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Oleson Park Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1911
Bridge over ? on Park Driveway
No longer exists (?)

Soldier Creek Stone Arch (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1916, Replaced 1961
Stone arch bridge over Soldier Creek on 7th Street
Abandoned

Third Street Bridge (1880s) (Webster County, Iowa)
Built in the 1880s; Replaced 1910
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Third Street
Replaced by a new bridge

Third Street Bridge (Pre 1880) (Webster County, Iowa)
Replaced in the 1880s
Lost Through truss bridge over Des Moines River on Third Street
Replaced by a new bridge

UP - Gypsum Creek Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Gypsum Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

UP - L Street Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1964
Steel stringer bridge over L Street on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

UP - US169 Overpass (Webster County, Iowa)
Built 1935
Steel stringer bridge over US 169 on Railroad
Open to traffic