The Roseman Covered Bridge is a historic
covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
in
Winterset, Iowa
Winterset is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Iowa. The population was 5,353 at the time of the 2020 census.
Winterset is part of the Des Moines metropolitan area. It is the birthplace of actor John Wayne.
History
Winterset ...
. It is prominently featured in the novel ''
The Bridges of Madison County
''The Bridges of Madison County'' (also published as ''Love in Black and White'') is a 1992 best-selling romance novel by American writer Robert James Waller that tells the story of a married Italian-American woman (WWII war bride) living on a ...
'',
as well as its
film adaptation
A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...
. It was built in 1883
over the
Middle River,
and renovated in 1992. The Roseman Covered Bridge was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1976.
See also
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List of covered bridges in Madison County, Iowa {{Short description, none
Below is a list of covered bridges in Madison County, Iowa.
There are only six extant bridges in Madison County.
* Cedar Covered Bridge
* Cutler–Donahoe Bridge
* Hogback Covered Bridge
*Holliwell Covered Bridge
* Imes ...
References
External links
The Bridges of Madison County
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Road bridges in Iowa
Bridges in Madison County, Iowa
Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Bridges completed in 1883
Tourist attractions in Madison County, Iowa
Historic American Engineering Record in Iowa
National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Iowa
Wooden bridges in Iowa
Lattice truss bridges in the United States
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