The Horse Creek Bridge was a
covered bridge
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near the unincorporated community of
McKenzie Bridge in
Lane County in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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.
Built in 1930, the structure, long, carried Horse Creek Road over Horse Creek.
The creek is a tributary of the
McKenzie River.
Bypassed by a concrete bridge in 1968, Horse Creek Bridge was not dismantled until 1987.
During the intervening years, it served as a pedestrian bridge.
Its timbers were donated to the City of
Cottage Grove, which used some of them to build a small covered bridge in a park. The remaining timbers were given to the City of
Myrtle Creek in 1990 for a covered bridge over
Myrtle Creek. The bridge connects a parking area to the city's Mill Site Park.
The creek is a tributary of the
South Umpqua River
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.
The 1930 bridge was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1979
[ and removed after 1987.]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 brid ...
construction, ribbon openings at the eaves
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, rectangular arched portals, and an eye-level window on one side for spotting oncoming traffic.
See also
* List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon
*
*List of Oregon covered bridges
This list of Oregon covered bridges contains the 51 historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Most covered bridges in Oregon were built between 1905 and 1925. At the height of their use, there were an estimated 450 covered ...
References
External links
* (1930 bridge)
{{National Register of Historic Places Oregon
1930 establishments in Oregon
Covered bridges in Oregon
Former National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon
Road bridges in Oregon
Covered bridges in Lane County, Oregon
Bridges in Douglas County, Oregon
Wooden bridges in Oregon
Tourist attractions in Douglas County, Oregon
Howe truss bridges in the United States