Chitwood Covered Bridge 37-21-03

Photos

Overview

Photo taken by Carolyn Hochanadel

BH Photo #108502

This type of Howe truss is referred to as a "Howe Single" because it only has 1 diagonal component in each panel.

Overview: Covered Howe through truss bridge over Yaquina River on Chitwood Road, just off US 20
Location: Lincoln County, Oregon
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1926
Builder: - Charles O. Hamar Jr. (Builder)
Design: Covered Howe "Single" through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 162.1 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.65417, -123.81783 (decimal degrees)
44°39'15" N, 123°49'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/435155/4944859 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Eddyville
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 65
Inventory numbers: WGCB 37-21-03 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
ORNBI 41C09 42701 001 (Oregon bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 79002103 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30059 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 39 (out of 100)
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Carolyn Hochanadel
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon - Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989
Chitwood Covered Bridge - Oregon Covered Bridge Guide
Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Richard Doody