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McBride Covered Bridge

Madison County, Iowa

Photo 

Historic photo

unknown

BH Photo #222116

Map 

Description 

Another one of Madison County's unique flat roofed covered bridges. It was built in 1871 by Benton Jones and stood until being destroyed by arson in 1983. The man who burned it did so because he was distraught over a woman who left him...they had carved their initials in the bridge. He would later turn himself in and as part of his sentence he performed many hours of community service, much of which went to working on the other bridges. My understanding is that he enjoyed it so much that he served many hours past what he was sentenced helping to preserve the other spans.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Lattice through truss bridge over North River on McBride Bridge Road (now McBride Road)
Location
Madison County, Iowa
Status
Destroyed by fire
History
Built in 1871 by Benton Jones; destroyed by arson in 1983 and replaced.
Builder
- J.P. Clark
Design
Lattice through truss with flat roof
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 72.0 ft.
Total length: 85.0 ft.
Also called
Wiggins Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.42461, -93.94020   (decimal degrees)
41°25'29" N, 93°56'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/421436/4586321 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Charles NW
Inventory numbers
WGCB 15-61-01x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 50652 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,448)
Beam (13,154)
Built 1871 (103)
Built during 1870s (927)
Concrete girder (872)
Covered (1,396)
Deck girder (4,805)
Destroyed by fire (142)
Formerly NR-listed (124)
Girder (8,621)
Iowa (5,959)
J.P. Clark (2)
 Lattice through truss (474)
Lattice truss (505)
Lost (19,922)
Lost 1983 (82)
Lost during 1980s (1,100)
Madison County, Iowa (64)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,212)
Through truss (13,228)
Timber stringer (3,463)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,150)
Town lattice truss (223)
Truss (29,967)

Update Log 

  • January 27, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added builder from HAER
  • December 20, 2011: Added by Tony Dillon

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