BRIDGE NAME: Fisher School Covered Bridge
OTHER NAME: Five Rivers Bridge
COUNTY: Lincoln
STREAM: Five Rivers
NEAREST TOWN: Tidewater
STATUS: Open to traffic
BRIDGE LENGTH: 72 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1919
ADDED TO NRHP: November 29, 1979
REBUILT: 2004
DEDICATED: 2005
Other Notes: It was given the Fisher School title because of its location near the Fisher Elementary School, which is no longer standing.
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BRIDGE NAME: Gilkey Covered Bridge
OTHER NAME: Thomas Creek Bridge
COUNTY: Linn
STREAM: Thomas Creek
NEAREST TOWN: Scio
STATUS: Open to traffic
BRIDGE LENGTH: 120 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1939
ADDED TO NRHP: February 19, 1987
DAMAGED: 1997
REPAIRED & REOPENED: 1998
REHABILITATED: 2017
Other Notes: Gilkey Station was established when the railroad arrived in 1880 and was named in honor of Allen and William Gilkey.
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BRIDGE NAME: Neal Lane Covered Bridge
OTHER NAME: South Myrtle Creek Bridge
COUNTY: Douglas
STREAM: South Myrtle Creek
NEAREST TOWN: Myrtle Creek
STATUS: Open to traffic
BRIDGE LENGTH: 42 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1939 (1929)
Other Notes: The date of a 1939 construction has been challenged by an individual who says he worked on the bridge in 1929.
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Here's another view of the same bridge I posted last week. This is the south (and most luminous) entrance of the bridge.
BRIDGE NAME: Myrtle Creek Covered Bridge
OTHER NAME: Horse Creek Covered Bridge
COUNTY: Douglas
STREAM: Myrtle Creek
NEAREST TOWN: Myrtle Creek
STATUS: Open to pedestrians
BRIDGE LENGTH: 105 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1904 (McKenzie Bridge)
BYPASSED: 1968
ADDED TO NRHP: November 29, 1979
REMOVED FROM NRHP: 1987
DISMANTLED: 1987
MOVED & REBUILT: 1990 (Myrtle Creek)
Other Notes: Originally carrying Horse Creek Road over Horse Creek, the structure now spans the stream of Myrtle Creek providing access from a parking area into the Mill Site Park in downtown Myrtle Creek.
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BRIDGE NAME: Myrtle Creek Covered Bridge
OTHER NAME: Horse Creek Covered Bridge
COUNTY: Douglas
STREAM: Myrtle Creek
NEAREST TOWN: Myrtle Creek
STATUS: Open to pedestrians
BRIDGE LENGTH: 105 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1904 (McKenzie Bridge)
BYPASSED: 1968
ADDED TO NRHP: November 29, 1979
REMOVED FROM NRHP: 1987
DISMANTLED: 1987
MOVED & REBUILT: 1990 (Myrtle Creek)
Other Notes: Originally carrying Horse Creek Road over Horse Creek, the structure now spans the stream of Myrtle Creek providing access from a parking area into the Mill Site Park in downtown Myrtle Creek.
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