The Centennial Covered Bridge is a
covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
in
Cottage Grove in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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. The
Howe truss
A Howe truss is a truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in compression. The Howe truss was invented by William Howe in 1840, and was widely used as a brid ...
structure is long, wide and high. It spans the
Coast Fork Willamette River
The Coast Fork Willamette River is one of two forks that unite to form the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States. It is about long, draining an area of the mountains at the south end of the Willamette Valley
The Willamette V ...
alongside Main Street, carrying only bicycle and pedestrian traffic. It was built in 1987, the hundredth year since the founding of the city.
Constructed mostly by volunteers, it was made from timbers salvaged from the Meadows and
Brumbaugh bridges, which were dismantled in 1979.
See also
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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 ...
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List of Registered Historic Places in Lane County, Oregon
References
External links
Covered bridge history of Cottage Grove
Covered bridges in Lane County, Oregon
Bridges completed in 1987
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Pedestrian bridges in Oregon
Former road bridges in the United States
Road bridges in Oregon
1987 establishments in Oregon
Wooden bridges in Oregon
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