Oregon Creek Covered Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Oregon Creek on Alleghany Road at Oregon Creek Campground
- Location
- Yuba County, California
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1860 by Thomas Freeman
- Design
- Covered Queenpost through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 77.1 ft.
Total length: 101.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 327.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 30, 1975
- Also called
- Freeman's Crossing Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.39694, -121.08194 (decimal degrees)
39°23'49" N, 121°04'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/665161/4362582 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Camptonville
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 05-58-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 75000499 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
CA 16C-17 (California bridge number)
BH 11758 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1982)
- 50
Update Log
- July 3, 2011: New photos from Craig Philpott
- December 4, 2008: New photo from Larry Matthews
- October 16, 2006: Posted photo from Larry Matthews
Sources
- Larry Matthews
- Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
- Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
Comments
It has been a long time since I have seen this old bridge. 15 years ago I moved from Citrus Heights to Cameron Park and have not seen that bridge that whole time. I used to fish the river and would drive my motorcycle across the bridge to get to the parking area. I usually had pretty good luck fishing in the Yuba. I hope the bridge can be restored before it gets to the point of being beyond repair. You just don't see bridges like this too often anymore.
This bridge is in significant disrepair. While apparently structurally sound it has been closed to traffic with K-rails randomly shoved across the entrances. The graffiti is extensive and sad and the anti-graffiti fencing inside the bridge adds a sense of hopelessness.
I hate to say this, but you were hardly the only ones to have seen the bridge in decades. The swimming hole there on the Yuba is very well used in the summer and lots of folks walk across to get to the river.
Bridge is now closed to vehicle traffic and it has suffered some graffiti on the inside. Still an interesting stop.
Absolutely loved the bridge!Felt like my husband and I were the only ones to have seen it in decades! So very old and off the beaten path. A true delight!
Absolutely loved the bridge!Felt like my husband and I were the only ones to have seen it in decades! So very old and off the beaten path. A true delight!
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