Wildcat Creek Bridge Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|79002089}} Wildcat Creek Bridge]. National Park Service. February 23, 2010. PDF. December 7, 2012.
  2. News: The bridges in our own back yard . Eugene Register-Guard . July 8, 2001 . 30 April 2015 . Young, Amalie . 3H.
  3. Web site: Lane County Covered Bridge Coins. Lane County. December 8, 2012.