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
This 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.