Chitwood Bridge

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Chitwood Bridge
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Chitwood Bridge over the Yaquina River
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Location of the bridge in Lincoln County, Oregon
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Chitwood Bridge (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
Built1926
Architectural styleHowe truss
MPS Oregon Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No. 79002103
ListedNovember 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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.