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“~ CEDAR BRIDGE - 1883 ~” by Jeana Clark.
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Cedar Covered Bridge was one of the six remaining covered bridges of Madison County, Iowa. 76 feet long, Cedar was built in 1883 by Benton Jones over Cedar creek north of the county seat of Winterset on what is now U.S. Highway 169. The original Cedar covered bridge was destroyed by a fire set by an unknown arsonist on the evening of September 3, 2002. The new Cedar Covered Bridge replica construction took place between December 2003–September 2004, rededicated on Saturday October 9, 2004.