Chitwood Bridge
Chitwood Bridge | |
![]() Chitwood Bridge over the Yaquina River | |
![]() ![]() Location of the bridge in Lincoln County, Oregon ![]() ![]() Chitwood Bridge (the US) | |
Nearest city | Toledo |
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Coordinates | 44°39′15.2″N 123°49′03.9″W / 44.654222°N 123.817750°WCoordinates: 44°39′15.2″N 123°49′03.9″W / 44.654222°N 123.817750°W |
Built | 1926 |
Architectural style | Howe truss |
MPS | Oregon Covered Bridges TR |
NRHP reference # | 79002103 |
Listed | November 29, 1979 |
The Chitwood Bridge is a covered bridge in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] The bridge carries Chitwood Road, off U.S. Route 20, over the Yaquina River at Chitwood.[1] The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[2]
Historically, Chitwood was a station on the railway line between Corvallis and Toledo. It was named for Joshua Chitwood, who lived nearby during construction of the railway, 1881–85.[3] Trains still use the railway, but they no longer stop in Chitwood.[1]
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 bridge is 96 feet (29 m) long.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Yaquina River (Chitwood) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Chitwood Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 199–200. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ↑ Smith, Dwight A.; Norman, James B.; Dykman, Pieter T. (1989) [1986]. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon (2nd ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 179. ISBN 0-87595-205-4.
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