The Pumping Station Bridge was 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 ...
spanning
Rickreall Creek, near
Ellendale, Oregon
Ellendale is a ghost town in Polk County, Oregon, United States, about two and a half miles west of Dallas. It was the first settlement in present-day Polk County by non-Kalapuyans. The community's name changed over the years, with the first pos ...
, in the United States. The bridge collapsed during a flood on November 24, 1986. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
(NRHP) in 1979. The bridge was removed from the NRHP in 1987 after the collapse.
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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References
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Covered bridges in Oregon
Former bridges in the United States
Former National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Transportation buildings and structures in Polk County, Oregon
Wooden bridges in Oregon