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Sandy Creek Bridge

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Nearest city
  
Myrtle Point

Architectural style
  
Howe truss

Listed
  
November 29, 1979

Built
  
1921

NRHP Reference #
  
79002051

Sandy Creek Bridge

MPS
  
Oregon Covered Bridges TR

Sandy Creek Bridge is a covered bridge spanning Sandy Creek near the community of Remote in southwestern Oregon in the United States. The bridge crosses the creek near its mouth on the Middle Fork Coquille River in Coos County.

Built in 1921, the bridge carried Oregon Route 42 over the creek until bypassed by a newer bridge in 1949. In 1984, after restoration by volunteers from the Lions Club of Myrtle Point, the structure became a display in a county park at the same site. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Coos County.

Special features of the bridge include large side openings and a truss made of two crossed Howe truss members on each chord. The bridge is 60 feet (18 m) long. It was added the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

Sandy Creek Bridge Wikipedia