Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge by Digitaleagle
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Description
Bridge number two the Cutler-Donahue Covered Bridge. Designed and built by Eli Cox. Length: 79 feet Weight: 40 ton. Covered timber superstructure, towne lattice truss with overlay queen post frame, fastened with round wooden pins and iron bolts.
Originally located 18 miles N.E. of Winterset, near Bevington Iowa, over North River. Moved to Winterset City Park in 1970. A beautiful setting for this historical jewel.
Clair Rogers, Macksburg, IA, house mover, commissioned to move bridge before first covered bridge festival. Clair gave his time to rebuild west one-third of structure and re-roof it. Renovated in 1997 for $35,538.
Covered bridges often named for nearby residents the Cutler and Donahoe families each claimed "naming rights", thus the bridge's hyphenated name.
Comments (30)
Very beautifu!!!
Beautiful colors :)
Nice place. The shades are calling me, especially with the heat we are experiencing here right now. Beautiful capture and interesting too.
outstanding capture
wow...very pretty GREAT shot!
Stunning capture my friend.
A wonderful sunny capture. Excellent work. Hugs. Di. xx
A wonderful place, love it!
Wonderful to see, and a beautiful shot!
Beautiful setting for this pretty bridge! Nice~ =D
good one, gorgeous light!
this stands out as a landscape alone, and with the information about these unique bridges, well, its just icing on the cake. I'm loving this series.
Fantastic capture and beautiful bridge. The information is fascinating as well
Splendid capture and bridge !
Wonderful bridge and information. Thank you. ^=^
Very beautiful shot! The light and shadows are very nice!
great shot!
A beautiful shot. The story is fascinating.
Beautiful POV of the side of the bridge, excellent capture! :)
Super even more impressive
FASCINATING, COOL IMAGE!!!!
Excellent work and perfect realisation
Crisp and clear with terrific lighting effects in this marvelous image!
Beautiful capture..love the angle you have taken this from..what an awesome place it would have been to pay at as a child...at least I would have anyway..very interesting story behind this one..
Very beautiful area, and the bridge is the gem.
What a beautiful covered bridge and what a wonderful shot of it. I love covered bridges and Oregon currently has 50 of them, but we keep losing them. I've enjoyed browsing your gallery this evening.
Wonderful series of these little gems. Really love the angel and lighting on this.
Another wonderful shot. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
very interesting to see these.I have only seen one covered bridge in Oklahoma and I doubt if it is there anymore
you have such an amazing gallery !!! this one i like so much - wonderful view, place and shot