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Chitwood Bridge

Chitwood Bridge
Chitwood Bridge, Chitwood, OR (7329569140).jpg
Chitwood Bridge over the Yaquina River
Chitwood Bridge is located in Oregon
Chitwood Bridge
Chitwood Bridge is located in the US
Chitwood Bridge
Location of the bridge in Lincoln County, Oregon
Nearest city Toledo
Coordinates 44°39′15.2″N 123°49′03.9″W / 44.654222°N 123.817750°W / 44.654222; -123.817750Coordinates: 44°39′15.2″N 123°49′03.9″W / 44.654222°N 123.817750°W / 44.654222; -123.817750
Built 1926
Architectural style Howe truss
MPS Oregon Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference # 79002103
Listed November 29, 1979

The Chitwood Bridge is a covered bridge in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The bridge carries Chitwood Road, off U.S. Route 20, over the Yaquina River at Chitwood. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Historically, Chitwood was a station on the railway line between Corvallis and Toledo. It was named for Joshua Chitwood, who lived nearby during construction of the railway, 1881–85. Trains still use the railway, but they no longer stop in Chitwood.

Lincoln County built the covered bridge in 1926. Scheduled for demolition, it was instead improved in 1984 through a federally funded restoration project. The Howe truss bridge is 96 feet (29 m) long.



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