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Fox Covered Bridge
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Fox Covered Bridge over North Coquille River in Coos County, 1945
Photo by Ben Maxwell, 1945
Oregon State Archives, Salem Public Library, #4826
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BH Photo #193758
Maxwell Photo Description
Oregon State Archives, Salem Public Library, 4826This is the Fox Covered Bridge over the North Coquille River in Coos County, photographed in 1945. The bridge was built in 1883 by J.D. Bennett, a local carpenter, who built several other covered bridges in the county. This bridge was supported by a Smith truss, not the later Howe truss used in other covered bridge. The old bridge was a victim of a fire in the early 1950s, which also burned the tiny Lee Valley church. Remains of the bridge were dismantled in 1954 and a modern concrete bridge spans the stream.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Smith through truss bridge over North Fork Coquille River on Bridge-Gravelford Road
- Location
- Coos County, Oregon
- Status
- Destroyed by fire
- History
- Built 1883, Burned 1954
- Builder
- - J.D. Bennett (Contractor)
- Design
- The Fox Covered Bridge was a housed timber Smith truss.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.13606, -124.10603 (decimal degrees)
43°08'10" N, 124°06'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/410048/4776518 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- McKinley
- Inventory number
- BH 48152 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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