The Chitwood Bridge is a
covered bridge in
Lincoln County in the
U.S. state of
Oregon.
The bridge carries Chitwood Road, off
U.S. Route 20, over the
Yaquina River at
Chitwood.
The structure was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Historically, Chitwood was a station on the railway line between
Corvallis and
Toledo
Toledo most commonly refers to:
* Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain
* Province of Toledo, Spain
* Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States
Toledo may also refer to:
Places Belize
* Toledo District
* Toledo Settlement
Bolivia
* Toledo, Orur ...
. It was named for Joshua Chitwood, who lived nearby during construction of the railway, 1881–85.
Trains still use the railway, but they no longer stop in Chitwood.
Lincoln County built the covered bridge in 1926. Scheduled for demolition, it was instead improved in 1984 through a federally funded restoration project. The
Howe truss
A Howe truss is a truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in compression. The Howe truss was invented by William Howe in 1840, and was widely used as a bridg ...
bridge is long.
See also
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List of covered bridges in Oregon
References
External links
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Bridges completed in 1926
Bridges in Lincoln County, Oregon
Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Wooden bridges in Oregon
Tourist attractions in Lincoln County, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Oregon
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Howe truss bridges in the United States
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