Elk City Bridge

United States historic place

Significant dates

Elk City Bridge
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

44°37′17″N 123°52′26″W / 44.621433°N 123.8738756°W / 44.621433; -123.8738756
Built	1922
Architectural style	Howe truss
MPS	Oregon Covered Bridges TR^[1]
NRHP reference No.	79002104^[1]
Listed	November 29, 1979
Removed from NRHP	after destruction in 1981

Elk City Bridge was a covered bridge spanning the Yaquina River at Elk City in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was destroyed by a storm on November 13, 1981.^[2]

The original bridge, built by the county in 1922 for $3,200,^[3] was a 100-foot (30 m) Howe truss span with 10.5-foot (3.2 m) vertical clearance^[3] and a 15-ton load limit^[4] supported by wooden pilings that suffered from rot.^[5] The county planned to remove the bridge in 1980, but fundraising for repairs had gathered $20,000, and restoration had begun when high winds caused another $90,000 damage to the structure. The county did not have enough money for restoration or to pursue an insurance settlement through the courts.^[2]

The bridge, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, was delisted after its destruction.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon City County Management Association. November 10, 2005. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Elk City Bridge to Come Down Due to Damage". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press International. December 7, 1981. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Elk City covered bridge". Oregon State Library digital collection. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^ see photo at "Elk City covered bridge". Oregon State Library digital collection. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^ Cockrell, Bill (2008). Oregon's Covered Bridges. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7385-5818-9.