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Middle Fork Coquille River Covered Bridge 37-10-29x
Photo
Middle Fork Coquille Covered Bridge on Hwy 42 in Douglas County, 1945
Photo by Ben Maxwell
Oregon State Archives, Salem Public Library, 4827a
View this photo at photos.salemhistory.net
BH Photo #169392
Description
The Middle Fork Coquille River Covered Bridge was a state-built covered bridge on Highway 42 over the Middle Fork Coquille River in Douglas County. It was a 90 foot Howe truss built in 1922 by bridge builder, E.D. Olds. The construction costs totaled $7,373.80. Each side of the bridge had 5 Gothic-style windows. The state number for this structure was #559. In 1932, crews redecked the bridge. Its location was T29S R9W S36 in the Camas Valley section.The bridge was replaced in 1947.(Oregon State Archives - Salem Public Library)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost covered Howe through truss bridge over Middle Fork Coquille River on OR 42
- Location
- Douglas County, Oregon
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1922, Replaced 1948
- Builders
- - Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, South Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
- E.D. Olds (Bridge Construction Supervisor)
- Design
- The Middle Fork Coquille River Covered Bridge was a 90-foot housed Howe truss. The bridge was designed by the Oregon State Highway Department under the guidance of Conde B. McCullough, the State Bridge Engineer. The bridge features a 90-foot housed timber Howe truss main span with timber trestle approaches.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 166.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.00806, -123.70444 (decimal degrees)
43°00'29" N, 123°42'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/442589/4761950 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Camas Valley
- Inventory numbers
- OR 00559 (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
WGCB 37-10-29x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 45602 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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