Roaring Camp Bridge Explained

Roaring Camp Bridge
Coordinates:43.6639°N -123.4397°W
Nearest City:Drain
Built:1929
Builder:Robert Lancaster
Architecture:Howe truss
Sigdate1 Label:Listed
Sigdate1:November 29, 1979
Delisted:after demolition in 1995
Mpsub:Oregon Covered Bridges TR
Refnum:79002057[1]

Roaring Camp Bridge was a private covered bridge spanning Elk Creek about 6miles west of Drain in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Robert Lancaster built the bridge in 1929 to provide road access to his farm,[2] and other local residents used it as well. Roaring Camp was also the name of a roadhouse near the bridge.

Roaring Camp Bridge, clad with unpainted vertical 1by boards, had ribbon openings along its side walls.[3] The Howe truss bridge, 88feet long, was demolished in 1995.[2] Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it was delisted after its demolition.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oregon National Register List. November 10, 2005. PDF. Oregon City County Management Association. February 25, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160123233752/http://www.occma.org/portals/64/Departments/Community%20Development/oregon_nr_list.pdf. January 23, 2016.
  2. Book: Cockrell, Bill. Oregon's Covered Bridges. Arcadia Publishing. 2008. Charleston, S.C.. 52. 978-0-7385-5818-9.
  3. Book: Smith, Dwight A.. Norman, James B.. Dykman, Pieter T.. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon. Oregon Historical Society Press. Portland. 2nd. 1989. 1986. 183. 0-87595-205-4.