Cavitt Creek Bridge
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cavitt Creek Bridge | |
|---|---|
_(11126915656).jpg) Cavitt Creek Bridge over the Little River | |
| Coordinates | 43°14′38.8″N 123°01′19.2″W / 43.244111°N 123.022000°W[1] |
| Carries | Cavitt Creek Road |
| Crosses | Little River |
| Locale | Douglas County, Oregon, United States |
| Other name | Little River Covered Bridge |
| Maintained by | Douglas County |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Covered Howe truss |
| Total length | 70 feet (21 m) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Floyd C. Frear |
| Opened | 1943 |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Cavitt Creek Bridge | |
Cavitt Creek Bridge is a covered bridge in Douglas County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Built by Floyd C. Frear in 1943, it carries Cavitt Creek Road over the Little River[2] about 20 miles (32 km) east of Roseburg.[3] Cavitt Creek and the road and bridge were named for Robert L. Cavitt, who settled along the creek in the mid-19th century.[3]
Cavitt Creek, a tributary of the Little River, enters the river upstream of the bridge.[4] Cavitt Creek Road, after crossing Jim Creek, another Little River tributary,[4] intersects Little River Road at the north end of the bridge.[1] The bridge is a little more than a mile upstream of the small community of Peel and 7 miles (11 km) upstream of the Little River's confluence with the North Umpqua River near Glide.[4]
- Tudor portal arches allow room for log trucks, unhewn timbers for truss chords, three windows on each side, a metal roof, and long narrow slits above each truss for better lighting and ventilation.[1]
- The bridge was part of a thematic nomination of Oregon's covered bridges in 1979, but Douglas County blocked the listing.[1]
