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Iowa Interstate Railroad
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- Type
- Freight railroad — Iowa's one Class II railroad per the State Rail Plan; recorded for its CRISI bridge award and its role as proposed host of Chicago-Quad Cities passenger trains
- Market · Region
- United States · Iowa
- Open tenders
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- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Iowa's Class II railroad; federal grant for four bridges and prospective host of Chicago-Quad Cities trains.
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Holder of a CRISI award to replace bridges at Colfax and De Soto in Iowa and on the Rock River and at Atkinson in Illinois. Has agreed preliminary engineering for Chicago-Quad Cities passenger service and says it will host trains once operating agreements are in place.
- Type
- Freight railroad — Iowa's one Class II railroad per the State Rail Plan; recorded for its CRISI bridge award and its role as proposed host of Chicago-Quad Cities passenger trains
- Where
- Iowa · Cedar Rapids
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Structure
- funded by FRA — FRA CRISI award announced October 2024 for four bridges, per the Senator's release; the railroad's release thanks the Iowa and Illinois DOTs for their support (active)
- Contract detail and values (1)$25–100mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ○ Iowa receiving $97 million for transportation efforts (KCRG, Senator's announcement) · Lists FRA CRISI awards under the IIJA announced 25 October 2024: Iowa Interstate $29,883,200 for the Colfax, De Soto, Rock River and Atkinson bridges; CRANDIC $19,040,000; East Erie Commercial Rail $48,412,512 for locomotive remanufacturing. Secondary: the federal amount for the Iowa Interstate award is read here because the railroad's release prints none and no USAspending record was found (published 2024-10-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa Interstate Railroad: FRA Awards Grant to Iowa Interstate · Railroad's own release of 29 October 2024: CRISI grant for design and construction of bridges at Colfax and De Soto in Iowa, the Rock River and Atkinson in Illinois; railroad commits a match of nearly $6 million; Iowa DOT and Illinois DOT named as partners; the page prints no federal amount (published 2024-10-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Interstate four-bridge replacement | Planned | $25–100m | Announced October 2024 |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (4)
- Entry path
- Portals (1)
- Published contacts (1)
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6 sources · 5 primary
- ● Iowa Interstate Railroad: FRA Awards Grant to Iowa Interstate · Railroad's own release of 29 October 2024: CRISI grant for design and construction of bridges at Colfax and De Soto in Iowa, the Rock River and Atkinson in Illinois; railroad commits a match of nearly $6 million; Iowa DOT and Illinois DOT named as partners; the page prints no federal amount (published 2024-10-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Iowa receiving $97 million for transportation efforts (KCRG, Senator's announcement) · Lists FRA CRISI awards under the IIJA announced 25 October 2024: Iowa Interstate $29,883,200 for the Colfax, De Soto, Rock River and Atkinson bridges; CRANDIC $19,040,000; East Erie Commercial Rail $48,412,512 for locomotive remanufacturing. Secondary: the federal amount for the Iowa Interstate award is read here because the railroad's release prints none and no USAspending record was found (published 2024-10-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa Interstate: Proposed Chicago to Quad Cities Passenger Service Update · Railroad's post of 18 December 2024: Iowa Interstate, Illinois DOT, BNSF and Amtrak agreed on 30 September 2024 preliminary engineering plans for first improvements for Chicago-Quad Cities service; FRA reviewing; Iowa Interstate to host once operating agreements are in place; no dollar figures (published 2024-12-18 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa Interstate Railroad news feed · WordPress feed of the railroad's news posts (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36520401510CRSIA (FRA CRISI to Iowa Interstate) · FRA CRISI continuous welded rail upgrade: federal $4,909,335.87, signed 16 June 2020, period ended 31 March 2023 (below the floor) (published 2020-06-16 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Iowa State Rail Plan (full document) · Full 2025 plan: railroad inventory (Iowa Interstate the one Class II; Cedar Rapids & Iowa City and Iowa Northern Class III), Corridor ID entry for Chicago-Moline accepted December 2023 with a $500,000 grant, investment program Tables 5.5 and 5.10 (short-range passenger 2 projects $18,800,000; short-range freight 64 projects $591,963,355; long-range passenger 10 projects $1,081,750,000; long-range freight 64 projects $726,219,000), CN's announced Iowa Northern acquisition; cover prints 'Accepted by the Federal Railroad Administration on December 29, 2025; Last revised June 2026' (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
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