Imes Covered Bridge by Digitaleagle

Photography • Historical • posted on Oct 11, 2010

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Description

You may have read the book or watched the movie Bridges Of Madison County, this bridge wasn't featured in the movie I will show those later, these bridges 6 all together were the draw for last weeks road trip. The Imes Bridge is the first one I came to just out side of St. Charles Iowa as they call it the gateway to the bridges. No longer used but for ones like me that enjoy getting to touch see and through our imagination be apart of history. The remaining 5 bridges are in and around Winterset Iowa a gorgeous town with very friendly people I will go back to visit the Bridges of Madison County and Winterset Iowa, I thing my love affair with these bridges has just begun. The oldest of the remaining covered bridge built in 1870, the Imes is 81 feet in length. It was originally located over the Middle River west of Patterson Iowa. In 1887 it was moved over Clinton Creek southwest of Hanley. The Imes Bridge was moved again in 1977 to its present location over a natural ravine in a small park just east of St. Charles and renovated in 1997 at a cost of $31,807.

Comments (26)

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kgb224

2:22AM | Mon, 11 October 2010

Stunning capture my friend.

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Debwhosmiles

7:09AM | Mon, 11 October 2010

These have a wonderful sound quality when you are inside them. Nice shot! My fav covered bridge (still in use when I was last there a few years ago) is the bridge over the Eel River in North Manchester, Indiana near Huntington. There is a green area and trail below it along the river.

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flavia49

8:51AM | Mon, 11 October 2010

excellent!

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Faemike55

8:52AM | Mon, 11 October 2010

Wonderful capture and great history

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mariogiannecchini

8:55AM | Mon, 11 October 2010

Very beautiful capture !

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angelafair

10:22AM | Mon, 11 October 2010

fabulous shot! LOVE it!

MrsLubner

10:32AM | Mon, 11 October 2010

this is a great capture and records a bit of history that is vanishing quickly. Well done.

alanwilliams

10:54AM | Mon, 11 October 2010

this is great to see, i do love to see these quirky corners of your magnificent country, the real America in my eyes.

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aksirp

3:12PM | Mon, 11 October 2010

so lovely wood bridge! great picture of historical bridge!

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sandra46

4:01PM | Mon, 11 October 2010

BEAUTIFUL!

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Cameocat

5:52PM | Mon, 11 October 2010

We have a few of these left in the area. A wonderful image of a bygone era.

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Kyms_Cave

5:53PM | Mon, 11 October 2010

I so love these covered bridges..see them in the movies all the time...gives me a real feeling of stepping back in time when I see one..(in a photo) we don't have any here (at least none I am aware of)..

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