Roaring Camp Bridge

Roaring Camp Bridge
Roaring Camp Bridge
Location of the bridge in Douglas County, Oregon
Roaring Camp Bridge (the United States)
Nearest cityDrain
Coordinates43°39′50″N 123°26′23″W / 43.66389°N 123.43972°W / 43.66389; -123.43972
Built1929
Built byRobert Lancaster
Architectural styleHowe truss
MPSOregon Covered Bridges TR[1]
NRHP reference No.79002057[1]
Significant dates
ListedNovember 29, 1979
Removed from NRHPafter demolition in 1995

Roaring Camp Bridge was a private covered bridge spanning Elk Creek about 6 miles (10 km) 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.[3] Roaring Camp was also the name of a roadhouse near the bridge.[3]

Roaring Camp Bridge, clad with unpainted vertical 1-by-6-inch (2.5 by 15.2 cm) boards, had ribbon openings along its side walls.[3] The Howe truss bridge, 88 feet (27 m) 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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References

  1. ^ a b c d "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon City County Management Association. November 10, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Cockrell, Bill (2008). Oregon's Covered Bridges. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-7385-5818-9.
  3. ^ a b c Smith, Dwight A.; Norman, James B.; Dykman, Pieter T. (1989) [1986]. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon (2nd ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 183. ISBN 0-87595-205-4.