Wildcat Creek Bridge | |
Nrhp Type: | nrhp |
Nearest City: | Walton, Oregon |
Coordinates: | 44.0036°N -123.6525°W |
Area: | 5700ft2 |
Built: | 1925 |
Architecture: | Howe Truss |
Added: | November 29, 1979 |
Mpsub: | Oregon Covered Bridges TR |
Refnum: | 79002089 |
Wildcat Creek Bridge is a covered bridge built in 1925 at Austa, near Walton, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It uses Howe truss engineering and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The 75feet bridge carries Austa Road over Wildcat Creek near its confluence with the Siuslaw River.[1] [2]
The bridge is among those for which Lane County minted commemorative coins between 2005 and July 2012 for sale to the public to raise funds to maintain and repair covered bridges.Lane County has 17 covered bridges, 14 of which are active. Through 2012, the county issued 325 Wildcat Creek Bridge coins.[3]