Grave Creek Bridge
Built in 1920, it originally carried U.S. Route 99, the Pacific Highway. The only remaining covered bridge in Josephine County, it is "Oregon's most viewed covered bridge" because of its location near I-5.
The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was closed for repairs in the late 1990s and reopened in 2001.
The 105-foot (32 m) Howe truss bridge features six Gothic windows on each side as well as rounded portals and a shake roof. The original architects were A. A. Clausen and J. Elmer Nelson.
See also
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
- List of Oregon covered bridges
References
- ^ "Grave Creek Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ Smith, Dwight A.; Norman, James B.; Dykman, Pieter T. (1989) [1986]. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon (2nd ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 171. ISBN 0-87595-205-4.
- ^ "Grave Creek Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
External links
Media related to Grave Creek Bridge at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OR-26, "Grave Creek Bridge, Spanning Grave Creek on Sunny Valley Loop Road, Sunny Valley, Josephine County, OR", 19 photos, 1 data page, 2 photo caption pages
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