Cavitt Creek Bridge Explained

Cavitt Creek Bridge
Other Name:Little River Covered Bridge
Carries:Cavitt Creek Road
Crosses:Little River
Locale:Douglas County, Oregon, United States
Maint:Douglas County
Design:Covered Howe truss
Length:70feet
Builder:Floyd C. Frear
Open:1943
Coordinates:43.2441°N -123.022°W

Cavitt Creek Bridge is a covered bridge in Douglas County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Built by Floyd C. Frear in 1943, it carries Cavitt Creek Road over the Little River[2] about 20miles east of Roseburg. Cavitt Creek and the road and bridge were named for Robert L. Cavitt, who settled along the creek in the mid-19th century.[3]

Cavitt Creek, a tributary of the Little River, enters the river upstream of the bridge. Cavitt Creek Road, after crossing Jim Creek, another Little River tributary, intersects Little River Road at the north end of the bridge.[1] The bridge is a little more than a mile upstream of the small community of Peel and 7miles upstream of the Little River's confluence with the North Umpqua River near Glide.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Little River (Cavitt Creek) Covered Bridge. PDF. Oregon Department of Transportation. March 22, 2016.
  2. Book: Smith, Dwight A.. Norman, James B. . James B. Norman . Dykman, Pieter T.. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon. Oregon Historical Society Press. Portland. 2nd. 1989. 1986. 297. 0-87595-205-4.
  3. Book: McArthur, Lewis A. . McArthur, Lewis L. . Oregon Geographic Names. 7th . Oregon Historical Society Press . 2003 . 1928. Portland, Oregon . 181. 0-87595-277-1.
  4. Web site: United States Topographic Map. United States Geological Survey. Acme Mapper. March 22, 2016. The map includes mile markers along the Little River.