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Imes Covered Bridge

Madison County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Ruth Reynolds in June 2010

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BH Photo #188641

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge at Imes Bridge Park in St. Charles
Location
Madison County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1870; relocated in 1887 and 1977; rehabilitated 1997
Builder
- J.P. Clark
Design
Covered Lattice through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 81.0 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 1979
Also called
King Covered Bridge
Wilkins Mill Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.28902, -93.80097   (decimal degrees)
41°17'20" N, 93°48'04" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/432931/4571150 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Charles
Inventory numbers
WGCB 15-61-06 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76000784 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 13952 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,802)
Built 1870 (205)
Built during 1870s (1,528)
Covered (3,486)
Have street view (30,595)
Iowa (6,910)
J.P. Clark (2)
Lattice through truss (796)
Lattice truss (833)
Madison County, Iowa (68)
 NR-listed (3,028)
Open to pedestrians (4,715)
Owned by county (22,056)
Relocated (1,112)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,830)
Through truss (19,326)
Total length 75-100 feet (7,124)
Town lattice truss (468)
Truss (38,718)

Update Log 

  • August 18, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 7, 2021: New photos from John Christeson
  • April 12, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
  • January 30, 2018: New photo from Kevin Skow
  • September 1, 2015: New photo from John Loxton
  • January 27, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added builder from HAER
  • April 11, 2014: New Street View added by Dave King
  • February 22, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • December 21, 2011: New photos from Steve Conro
  • November 26, 2010: New photo from Ruth Reynolds
  • February 14, 2010: New photo from Robert Stephenson
  • January 18, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
  • September 11, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning
  • February 27, 2008: New photos from Ruth Reynolds

Sources 

  • Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • HAER IA-94 - Imes Bridge
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • John Loxton
  • Kevin Skow - weatherbum [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Richard Doody
  • John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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