Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge by Digitaleagle

Photography • Historical • posted on Oct 12, 2010

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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)

stolta

12:44AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Very beautifu!!!

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Doriutz

12:49AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Beautiful colors :)

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ElusiveAngel

1:23AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Nice place. The shades are calling me, especially with the heat we are experiencing here right now. Beautiful capture and interesting too.

CaressingTheDark

1:23AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

outstanding capture

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angelafair

1:25AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

wow...very pretty GREAT shot!

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kgb224

2:23AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Stunning capture my friend.

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rainbows

3:36AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

A wonderful sunny capture. Excellent work. Hugs. Di. xx

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MaraP

3:44AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

A wonderful place, love it!

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tennesseecowgirl

7:59AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Wonderful to see, and a beautiful shot!

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Debwhosmiles

8:41AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Beautiful setting for this pretty bridge! Nice~ =D

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misha_d

8:45AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

good one, gorgeous light!

alanwilliams

9:47AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

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.

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Faemike55

10:16AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Fantastic capture and beautiful bridge. The information is fascinating as well

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mariogiannecchini

10:24AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Splendid capture and bridge !

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lick.a.witch

10:50AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Wonderful bridge and information. Thank you. ^=^

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alessimarco

10:51AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Very beautiful shot! The light and shadows are very nice!

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flavia49

11:19AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

great shot!

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mandloks

11:21AM | Tue, 12 October 2010

A beautiful shot. The story is fascinating.

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kbrog

12:15PM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Beautiful POV of the side of the bridge, excellent capture! :)

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danob

12:46PM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Super even more impressive

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sandra46

4:58PM | Tue, 12 October 2010

FASCINATING, COOL IMAGE!!!!

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jeroni

5:24PM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Excellent work and perfect realisation

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goodoleboy

7:07PM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Crisp and clear with terrific lighting effects in this marvelous image!

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Kyms_Cave

9:23PM | Tue, 12 October 2010

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..

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Cameocat

10:13PM | Tue, 12 October 2010

Very beautiful area, and the bridge is the gem.

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barbdennist

10:37PM | Tue, 12 October 2010

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.

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