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Cedar Creek Covered Bridge 47-06-02
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Cedar Creek Covered Bridge
May 26, 2008
Photo taken by Michael Goff in May 2008
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BH Photo #116679
Description
The Cedar Creek Bridge at the site of the Grist Mill is a housed timber Howe truss bridge built in 1994 replacing a 1934 vintage exposed timber pony truss. The bridge was constructed with the housed truss span to complement the historic setting of the Cedar Creek Grist Mill site, which was served by a covered bridge prior to the 1934 exposed timber truss bridge.
The Grist Mill was built in 1876 by George Woodham and his two sons and is the only remaining grain grinding mill in Washington that has maintained its original structural integrity, grinds with stones and is water powered.
(Some data from: http://www.cedarcreekgristmill.com/about_grist_mill.ht
Facts
- Overview
- Covered Howe through truss bridge over Cedar Creek on Grist Mill Road
- Location
- Clark County, Washington
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built in 1994
- Design
- Howe through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
Total length: 85.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.93833, -122.58361 (decimal degrees)
45°56'18" N, 122°35'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/532277/5087279 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ariel
- Inventory number
- BH 36817 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 1, 2015: New photos from Mike Garland
- September 2, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff: added information and GPS Coordinates
- July 7, 2008: Added by Michael Goff
Sources
- Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Cedar Creek Grist Mill - Information about the Grist Mill and the Covered Bridge
- Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
Jeff,
Thank you for noticing my error in historical accuracy. I grew up near this area, even drove over the old truss many of times and still managed to misrepresent the past. I have corrected the information, and written up a small description of the bridge. I will probably revisit this bridge when I start working on gathering more information about the bridges of Washington State. I have been focusing on the bridges of Oregon for the past few years and have not done my due diligence in my native state.
Thanks again,
Mike