Horse Creek Bridge (McKenzie Bridge, Oregon)

The Horse Creek Bridge was a covered bridge near the unincorporated community of McKenzie Bridge in Lane County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] Built in 1930, the structure, 105 feet (32 m) long, carried Horse Creek Road over Horse Creek.[3] The creek is a tributary of the McKenzie River.[4]

Horse Creek Bridge
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Horse Creek Bridge over Horse Creek in Lane County. Photographed for the Historic American Engineering Record by James B. Norman and Murray Stone.
Location of the later version in Douglas County Show map of Oregon Horse Creek Bridge (McKenzie Bridge, Oregon) (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates	43°01′23.7″N 123°17′23.2″W
Built	1930
Architectural style	Howe truss
NRHP reference No.	79002096[1]
Significant dates
Listed	November 29, 1979
Removed from NRHP	1987

Bypassed by a concrete bridge in 1968, Horse Creek Bridge was not dismantled until 1987.[2] During the intervening years, it served as a pedestrian bridge.[3] Its timbers were donated to the City of Cottage Grove, which used some of them to build a small covered bridge in a park. The remaining timbers were given to the City of Myrtle Creek in 1990 for a covered bridge over Myrtle Creek. The bridge connects a parking area to the city's Mill Site Park.[2] The creek is a tributary of the South Umpqua River.[5]

The 1930 bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979[1] and removed after 1987.[2] Features included Howe truss construction, ribbon openings at the eaves, rectangular arched portals, and an eye-level window on one side for spotting oncoming traffic.[3]

See also

• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
• List of Oregon covered bridges

References

1. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon City County Management Association. November 10, 2005. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
2. "Myrtle Creek (Horse Creek) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
3. Smith, Dwight A.; Norman, James B.; Dykman, Pieter T. (1989) [1986]. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon (2nd ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 184. ISBN 0-87595-205-4.
4. "United States Topographic Map: McKenzie Bridge". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 23, 2016 – via Acme Mapper.
5. "United States Topographic Map: Myrtle Creek". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 23, 2016 – via Acme Mapper.