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Hogback Covered Bridge

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Coordinates: 41°23′11.3″N 94°2′50.8″W / 41.386472°N 94.047444°W / 41.386472; -94.047444
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Hogback Covered Bridge
Hogback Covered Bridge
Hogback Covered Bridge is located in Iowa
Hogback Covered Bridge
Hogback Covered Bridge is located in the United States
Hogback Covered Bridge
Nearest cityWinterset, Iowa
Coordinates41°23′11.3″N 94°2′50.8″W / 41.386472°N 94.047444°W / 41.386472; -94.047444
Arealess than one acre
Built1884
Built byB. Jones
Architectural stylecovered bridge
NRHP reference No.76000788[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 28, 1976

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]

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 ($258,000 today).[4] The Hogback Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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  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. ^ a b c McKee, Brian J. (1997). Historic American Covered Bridges. New York: ASCE Press. ISBN 978-0-19-521335-5.
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