Sandy Creek Bridge is a
covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
spanning
Sandy Creek near the community of
Remote in southwestern
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
in the United States.
The bridge crosses the creek near its mouth on the
Middle Fork Coquille River
The Middle Fork Coquille River is a tributary, about long, of the South Fork Coquille River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins near Camas Mountain in Douglas County in the Southern Oregon Coast Range. It flows generally south, bypassing th ...
in
Coos County.
Built in 1921, the bridge carried
Oregon Route 42
Oregon Route 42 (OR 42) is an Oregon state highway which runs between U.S. Route 101 on the Oregon Coast, near Coos Bay, and Green, a few miles south of Roseburg on Interstate 5. OR 42 traverses the Coos Bay–Roseburg Highway No.&nbs ...
over the creek until bypassed by a newer bridge in 1949.
In 1984, after restoration by volunteers from the
Lions Club
The International Association of Lions Clubs, more commonly known as Lions Clubs International, is an international non-political service organization established originally in 1916 in Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
, ...
of
Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States, established in 1887. The population was 2,514 at the 2010 census. Located in the Coquille River Valley, Myrtle Point is part of the Coos Bay/ North Bend/ Charleston Metropolitan Statist ...
, the structure became a display in a county park at the same site.
It is the only remaining covered bridge in Coos County.
Special features of the bridge include large side openings and a truss made of two crossed
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 ...
members on each chord.
The bridge is long.
It was added the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1979.
See also
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List of Oregon covered bridges
This list of Oregon covered bridges contains 50 historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Most covered bridges in Oregon were built between 1905 and 1925. At its peak, there were an estimated 450 covered bridges, which by 1 ...
References
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Bridges completed in 1921
Buildings and structures in Coos County, Oregon
Covered bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Pedestrian bridges in Oregon
Tourist attractions in Coos County, Oregon
Wooden bridges in Oregon
National Register of Historic Places in Coos County, Oregon
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Former road bridges in the United States
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