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The Hogback Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge near Winterset, Iowa. Named after a nearby limestone ridge, it was built in 1884 by Harvey P. Jones and George K. Foster over the North River on Douglas Township Road. The 106-foot-long (32 m) bridge was designed with a Town lattice truss system. It was built with steel pylons to support ...
Known locally as the Hogback Bridge, it spanned the North River some four miles northwest of Winterset, the county seat. The Hogback Bridge extended almost 100 feet; like its immediate predecessors, the Cedar Bridges, it employed a Town lattice truss, overlaid by a queenpost frame.
The Hogback spans 98 feet over North River, four miles northwest of Winterset. While most of the covered bridges were named for nearby landowners, Hogback was named for the hogback ridge at the west end of the valley (its convex curve resembling the curve of a hog’s back).
- Planning Your Visit to The Bridges Fo Madison County
- The Covered Bridges of Madison County Iowa
- Other Things to Do in Madison County Iowa
Here is all the basic information you’ll need to plan your trip to visit the covered bridges in Madison County. We also share some information on the history of covered bridges for those who might not be very familiar with these types of bridges.
At one time there were 19 (or perhaps 20) covered bridges built in Madison County. All these bridges were built in the 19th century and covered to help preserve the expensive flooring timbers in a time before treated lumber. Only six bridges remain today; however, only 5 are the original structures as the original Cedar Bridge was destroyed by arso...
There are, of course, other things to see in Madison County other than the covered bridges. Almost all of The Bridges of Maidson County was filmed in the area so there are several other movie locations you can visit. There are also a number of other non-Bridgesrelated things to do in the area.
Hogback And Haunted Roseman Covered Bridges. Stop 19, Hogback Covered Bridge, built in 1884, gets its name from neighboring Hogback Ridge. Inside the bridge, write your story in the Hogback Dreamers Journal, a wooden pocket nailed to the bridge’s interior.
These squared tubular covered bridges have a unique appearance duplicated only in a few other places in the world. Between 1868 and 1884, Madison County erected nineteen wooden covered bridges. Overtime, all but five of these structures were lost to floods, fires, progress or willful destruction.
In a serene setting, the bridge makes a dramatic statement as it parallels the charmless modern bridge over the river. The ubiquitous graffiti is entertaining: profane, heartfelt, comical. It's 5½ miles from Winterset.
