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UP abandoned this former Milwaukee Road trestle because it still has the
former-C&NW and
former-CGW trestles across the Des Moines River.
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Morning fog at the High Trestle Trail Bridge between Madrid and Woodward, Iowa. Photo: Brian Abeling / Iowa Road Trip
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Greg Beat: Former Milwaukee Railway bridge location over Des Moines River. Located NW of Saylorville Lake (NW of Des Moines). Union Pacific assisted Boone county and organizers in establishing “rail to trail” conversion. [The post contains a couple of videos taken on the bridge.] |
I noticed several photos taken from the same advantage point as the above photo. That is because they turned the bridge abutment of the original steel trestle into a lookout platform.
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John Tieden commented on the "Iowa Road Trip" post
Even nicer at night |
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Rob Nachazel commented on the "Iowa Road Trip" post
October of 2003 before the UP removed the girders. My photo. |
Written by Dylan VanAntwerp
Construction of the massive Madrid Trestle commenced in the early 1970s at taxpayer expense as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Saylorville Reservoir project. The bridge was designed to replace an older steel trestle that was just to the north of the current bridge. This older bridge had steel supports and concrete footing pads and was not designed for the higher water levels that would come from damning the Des Moines River downstream. The new bridge was a modern DPG bridge with concrete piers designed to accommodate the higher water levels envisaged from creation of the new lake. The bridge was completed ca. 1973, at which point the older bridge was demolished, except for the western concrete abutment that was left in place.
This is the new bridge in which UP used the deck girders that were bought by the US taxpayers.
It looks like the rail bridge was built with concrete girders.
The portals pay homage to the coal seams that were mined in this area.
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"BBC ranked the High Trestle Trail Bridge as one of the eight best footbridges in the world." |
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