Hogback Covered Bridge

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[2] over the North River[3] on Douglas Township Road.[4] The 106-foot-long (32 m) bridge was designed with a Town lattice truss system. It was built with steel pylons to support the main span.[4]

Hogback Covered Bridge
Hogback Covered Bridge
Nearest cityWinterset, Iowa
Coordinates41°23′11.3″N 94°2′50.8″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1884
Built byB. Jones
Architectural stylecovered bridge
NRHP reference No.76000788[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1976

The Hogback Bridge was originally one of 19 covered bridges in Madison County; there are only six remaining covered bridges in the county. In 1992, the bridge was rehabilitated for the cost of $118,810 ($216,000 today).[4] The Hogback Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System – Hogback Covered Bridge (#76000788)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Hogback Covered Bridge". Madison County, Iowa Chamber & Welcome Center. 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  3. Swanson, Leslie Charles (1970). Covered Bridges in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Swanson Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-911466-14-0.
  4. McKee, Brian J. (1997). Historic American Covered Bridges. New York: ASCE Press. ISBN 978-0-19-521335-5.

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