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Roseman Covered Bridge

Madison County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Ruth Reynolds in June 2010

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BH Photo #188632

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Covered bridge over Middle River next to CR G47
Location
Madison County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1883; rehabilitated 1992
Builder
- H.P. Jones & G.K. Foster of Winterset, Iowa
Design
Covered Lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 104.0 ft.
Total length: 225.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 1, 1976
Also called
Oak Grove Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.29281, -94.14976   (decimal degrees)
41°17'34" N, 94°08'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/403731/4571900 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pitzer
Inventory numbers
WGCB 15-61-07 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 76000792 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
IA 233430 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13975 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,625)
Built 1883 (160)
Built during 1880s (2,009)
Covered (1,666)
H.P. Jones & G.K. Foster (5)
Iowa (6,527)
Lattice through truss (561)
Lattice truss (593)
Madison County, Iowa (66)
 NR-listed (2,961)
Open to pedestrians (4,249)
Owned by county (20,846)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,409)
Through truss (15,173)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,285)
Town lattice truss (265)
Truss (32,953)

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2021: New photos from John Christeson
  • April 12, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
  • January 30, 2018: New photos from Kevin Skow
  • August 19, 2015: New photo from Kevin Skow
  • January 27, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added builder from HAER
  • February 22, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • December 21, 2011: New photos from Steve Conro
  • December 20, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder
  • November 26, 2010: New photo from Ruth Reynolds
  • January 18, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
  • March 18, 2008: New photos from Jason Smith
  • February 27, 2008: New photos from Ruth Reynolds

Sources 

  • Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
  • Ruth Reynolds - ruthmusic [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • HAER IA-95 - Roseman Bridge
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Luke
  • Kevin Skow - weatherbum [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Richard Doody
  • John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com

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