Legal Opinion
Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation v. Washington County, Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2004No. 03-3136PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
The interstate rail line of the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation (IC & E) includes four bridges in Washington County, Iowa. The County wants all four bridges replaced because their antiquated design results in “substandard highway safety conditions at all four sites.” Two bridges carry the rail line over County highways. According to the County, they have “severely deficient vertical clearances for highway traffic,” and one is too narrow. The other two carry highways over the rail line. One was destroyed by fire and has not been replaced. The other has a sharp…
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