Chitwood Bridge

Chitwood Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Chitwood Bridge over the Yaquina River
Location of the bridge in Lincoln County, Oregon Show map of Oregon Chitwood Bridge (the United States) Show map of the United States
Nearest city	Toledo
Coordinates	44°39′15.2″N123°49′03.9″W / 44.654222°N 123.817750°W / 44.654222; -123.817750
Built	1926
Architectural style	Howe truss
MPS	Oregon Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	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, 1881–1885. ^[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

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
• List of covered bridges in Oregon

References

1. "Yaquina River (Chitwood) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
2. "Chitwood Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
3. 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.
4. 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.

External links

• Media related to Chitwood Bridge at Wikimedia Commons