Around 20 covered bridges were built in Madison County during the late 19th Century. They were covered to protect the
roadway, because it was cheaper to replace the boards of the roof and walls, then the heavy beams of the actual bridge.
Today there are 6 bridges, made famous by the Clint Eastwood movie. 

 The Imes Covered Bridge is just a mile off the Interstate at St. Charles, Iowa.  The oldest of the surviving
Madison County covered bridges, it was built in 1870 and moved to its current location in 1977.

 

 Roseman Bridge (1883) is 107 feet long and sits at its original location.

Hogback Covered Bridge (1884) is 97 feet long, and is in its original location in a valley north of Winterset. It was
in use up until about 10 years ago, when a modern bridge bypassed it.

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