BRIDGE NAME: Milo Academy Covered Bridge
COUNTY: Douglas
STREAM: South Umpqua River
NEAREST TOWN: Days Creek
STATUS: Open to traffic
BRIDGE LENGTH: 100 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1920 (Original)
REPLACED: 1962
ADDED TO NRHP: November 29, 1979
Other Notes: The structure was built to replace an original covered wooden bridge from 1920. It provides access to the Milo Adventist Academy boarding school. In fact, the bridge is the ONLY access to the school's campus. If it falls no one gets in or out. Yikes!
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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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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: 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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BRIDGE NAME: Cavitt Creek Covered Bridge
OTHER NAME: Little River Covered Bridge
COUNTY: Douglas
STREAM: Little River
NEAREST TOWN: Peel
STATUS: Open to traffic
BRIDGE LENGTH: 70 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1943
REHABILITATED: 2015
Other Notes: This covered bridge was nominated to the National Register in 1979, but was not listed at the request of the County.
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