Horse Creek Bridge (McKenzie Bridge, Oregon)
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Horse Creek Bridge | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
.jpg) 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  Horse Creek Bridge (McKenzie Bridge, Oregon) (the United States) | |
| Coordinates | 43°01′23.7″N 123°17′23.2″W / 43.023250°N 123.289778°W |
|---|---|
| Built | 1930 |
| Architectural style | Howe truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002096[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Listed | November 29, 1979 |
| Removed from NRHP | 1987 |
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]
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]
