The Roseman Covered Bridge

"What stories could these bridges tell if they could only talk."

Built in 1883 by Benton Jones, it is 107 feet in length and sits in its original location. 

 In Robert James Waller's novel The Bridges of Madison County and the movie of the same name, Roseman is the bridge Robert Kincaid seeks when he stops at Francesca Johnson's for directions; it is also where Francesca leaves her note inviting him to dinner. 

 The Roseman Bridge is known as the "haunted" bridge, the Roseman is where an county jail escapee was trapped by posses on both sides in 1892. Uttering a wild cry, the man rose up straight through the roof of the bridge. He was never found, and it was decided that anyone capable of such a feat must be innocent. 

The Roseman was renovated in 1992 at a cost of $152,515.

(Courtesy of The Madison County Chamber of Commerce)

While your at the Roseman Bridge stop and visit  The Roseman Covered Bridge Shop , Located on the north side of the Bridge 

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