Chitwood Bridge | |
Location of the bridge in Lincoln County, Oregon | |
Nearest city | Toledo |
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Coordinates | 44°39′15.2″N123°49′03.9″W / 44.654222°N 123.817750°W |
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, 1881–85. [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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