Cavitt Creek Bridge is a
covered bridge
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in
Douglas County in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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.
Built by Floyd C. Frear in 1943, it carries Cavitt Creek Road over the
Little River
Little River may refer to several places:
Australia Streams New South Wales
*Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River
* Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...
about east of
Roseburg.
Cavitt Creek
Cavitt Creek is a tributary of the Little River in Douglas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The map includes mile markers along the Little River. From its source near Red Butte, the creek flows generally west then north through the Umpqua Nat ...
and the road and bridge were named for Robert L. Cavitt, who
settled
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along the creek in the mid-19th century.
Cavitt Creek, a tributary of the Little River, enters the river upstream of the bridge.
Cavitt Creek Road, after crossing Jim Creek, another Little River tributary,
intersects Little River Road at the north end of the bridge.
The bridge is a little more than a mile upstream of the small community of
Peel
Peel or Peeling may refer to:
Places Australia
* Peel (Western Australia)
* Peel, New South Wales
* Peel River (New South Wales)
Canada
* Peel Parish, New Brunswick
* Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Peel Parish
* Pee ...
and upstream of the Little River's confluence with the
North Umpqua River
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near
Glide.
[ The map includes mile markers along the Little River.]
Notable Features
*
Tudor portal arches allow room for log trucks, unhewn timbers for
truss
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In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so ...
chords, three windows on each side, a metal roof, and long narrow slits above each truss for better lighting and ventilation.
* The bridge was part of a thematic nomination of Oregon's covered bridges in 1979, but Douglas County blocked the listing.
See also
*
List of Oregon covered bridges
This list of Oregon covered bridges contains the 51 historic covered bridges remaining in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Most covered bridges in Oregon were built between 1905 and 1925. At the height of their use, there were an estimated 450 covered ...
References
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Bridges completed in 1943
Bridges in Douglas County, Oregon
Covered bridges in Oregon
Road bridges in Oregon
Wooden bridges in Oregon
Tourist attractions in Douglas County, Oregon
Howe truss bridges in the United States
1943 establishments in Oregon