CM and StP Railroad Underpass

Co. Rd. G38 over Soo RR, Washington, Iowa. County/parish: Washington.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 15, 1998. NRIS 98000469.

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

CM and StP Railroad Underpass

CM and StP Railroad Underpass is a historic structure located southwest of Washington, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The Warren deck truss bridge is a rare example of this type of bridge in Iowa, and the oldest still in existence. Given the relatively flat nature of Iowa's rivers and streams this bridge type was rarely built in the state, and was mostly built for railroad use. This bridge, completed in 1903 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (known as simply The Milwaukee Road), crosses a county highway bridge and the west fork of Crooked Creek.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338089

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