Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Chambers Covered Railroad Bridge

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Chambers Railroad Bridge

Chambers Railroad Bridge. Near Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Photo taken by Larry Matthews

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Overview: Abandoned bridge on Railroad Bridge
Location: Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon
Status: Abandoned
History: Used to transport logs to J.H. Chambers Mill. In disuse since 1951. Last remaining covered RR bridge in Oregon.
Builder: - J. E. Chambers
Dimensions: Total length: 78 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.78937, -123.06969 (decimal degrees)
43°47'22" N, 123°04'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/494393/4848481 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation: 644 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map: Cottage Grove
Inventory numbers: NRHP 79002081 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36274 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Larry Matthews - ffhiker [at] yahoo [dot] com
Oregon Department of Transportation Covered Bridge Guide - Chambers Railroad Covered Bridge
Curtis Lee - clee47ford [at] yahoo [dot] com

Chambers Covered Railroad Bridge

Posted November 2, 2008, by Ryan Thompson (ragemanchoo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Where exactly is this bridge? I can't find it. I've seen photos of it in the past but I can't remember where it is.