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Holliwell, Madison County

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Inventory Number: IA/15-61-05
County: Madison County
Township: Scott
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Holliwell
Crosses: Middle River
Truss type: Town & Arch
Spans: 1
Length: 113'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1880
Builder: Harvey Pierce Jones and George K. Foster
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 19.370
Longitude: W093 57.563
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Directions: 1.5 miles west of jct US169 on IA92, then 1.0 miles right on Norwood Ave., then 1.0 miles left of Holliwell Bridge Rd. East-southeast of Winterset.

Holliwell Bridge, Madison County, IA. Built 1880.
Bill Caswell Photo, August 2004

Holliwell Bridge, Madison County, IA. Built 1880
Bill Caswell Photo, August 2004

Holliwell Bridge, Scott, Madison County, IA Built 1880
September 1968 Photo, Palmer Werner Collection

Holliwell Bridge, Madison County, IA. Built 1880.
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, August 30, 2018

Unusual double-arch in the Holliwell Bridge, Madison County, IA. Built 1880.
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, August 30, 2018

Comments:
Closed. Flat roof. According to the Winterset Madisonian of March 25, 1880, "One of the best wooden bridges in this county has just been built over Middle river, on the road from Winterset to St. Charles. It was built by H.P. Jones and G.K. Foster under the supervision of ex-Supervisor Beerbower, and is known as the Holliwell bridge. The iron bridge that spanned the river at that point is to be moved to the Sulgrove Ford over North River in Douglas Township." Holliwell was renovated in 1995 at a cost of $225,000. It is featured in The Bridges of Madison County movie.

Sources:
Winterset Madisonian, March 25, 1880, Page 7
HAER IA-95 - HAER report on the Roseman Bridge by Lola Bennett in 2002
http://madisoncounty.com/index.php?page=the-bridges
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 30

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