| Horse Creek Bridge | |
| Coordinates: | 43.0233°N -123.2898°W |
| Built: | 1930 |
| Sigdate1 Label: | Listed |
| Sigdate1: | November 29, 1979 |
| Delisted: | 1987 |
| Refnum: | 79002096[1] |
The Horse Creek Bridge was a covered bridge near the unincorporated community of McKenzie Bridge in Lane County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] Built in 1930, the structure, 105feet long, carried Horse Creek Road over Horse Creek.[3] The creek is a tributary of the McKenzie River.[4]
Bypassed by a concrete bridge in 1968, Horse Creek Bridge was not dismantled until 1987.[2] During the intervening years, it served as a pedestrian bridge.[3] Its timbers were donated to the City of Cottage Grove, which used some of them to build a small covered bridge in a park. The remaining timbers were given to the City of Myrtle Creek in 1990 for a covered bridge over Myrtle Creek. The bridge connects a parking area to the city's Mill Site Park.[2] The creek is a tributary of the South Umpqua River.[5]
The 1930 bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979[1] and removed after 1987.[2] Features included Howe truss construction, ribbon openings at the eaves, rectangular arched portals, and an eye-level window on one side for spotting oncoming traffic.[3]