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 75-foot (23 m) bridge carries Austa Road over Wildcat Creek near its confluence with the Siuslaw River.[2][3]
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| Nearest city | Walton, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 44°0′13″N 123°39′9″W / 44.00361°N 123.65250°W |
| Area | 5,700 square feet (530 m2) |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architectural style | Howe Truss |
| MPS | Oregon Covered Bridges TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002089[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 29, 1979 |
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.[4]
See also
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edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Wildcat Creek Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. February 23, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ Young, Amalie (July 8, 2001). "The bridges in our own back yard". Eugene Register-Guard. pp. 3H. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ^ "Lane County Covered Bridge Coins". Lane County. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
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