| Chitwood Bridge | |
| Coordinates: | 44.6542°N -123.8178°W |
| Nearest City: | Toledo |
| Built: | 1926 |
| Architecture: | Howe truss |
| Sigdate1 Label: | Listed |
| Sigdate1: | November 29, 1979 |
| Mpsub: | Oregon Covered Bridges TR |
| Refnum: | 79002103 |
The Chitwood Bridge is a covered bridge in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] The bridge carries Chitwood Road, off U.S. Route 20, over the Yaquina River at Chitwood.[1] The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[2]
Historically, Chitwood was a station on the railway line between Corvallis and Toledo. It was named for Joshua Chitwood, who lived nearby during construction of the railway, 1881–85.[3] Trains still use the railway, but they no longer stop in Chitwood.[1]
Lincoln County built the covered bridge in 1926. Scheduled for demolition, it was instead improved in 1984 through a federally funded restoration project. The Howe truss bridge is 96feet long.[4]