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Grave Creek Bridge

Grave Creek Bridge
Grave Creek Bridge, Spanning Grave Creek on Sunny Valley Loop Road, Sunny Valley (Josephine County, Oregon).jpg
Grave Creek Bridge over Grave Creek near Sunny Valley
Grave Creek Bridge is located in Oregon
Grave Creek Bridge
Grave Creek Bridge is located in the US
Grave Creek Bridge
Location of the bridge in Josephine County, Oregon
Coordinates 42°38′09.0″N 123°22′39.0″W / 42.635833°N 123.377500°W / 42.635833; -123.377500Coordinates: 42°38′09.0″N 123°22′39.0″W / 42.635833°N 123.377500°W / 42.635833; -123.377500
Built 1920
Architect A. A. Clausen and J. Elmer Nelson
Architectural style Howe truss
MPS Oregon Covered Bridges TR
NRHP Reference # 79002077
Listed November 29, 1979

The Grave Creek Bridge is a covered bridge in Josephine County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It carries Sunny Valley Loop Road over Grave Creek about 15 miles (24 km) north of Grants Pass and within sight of Interstate 5 (I-5).

Built in 1920, it originally carried U.S. Route 99, the Pacific Highway. The only remaining covered bridge in Josephine County, it is "Oregon's most viewed covered bridge" because of its location near I-5.

The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was closed for repairs in the late 1990s and reopened in 2001.

The 105-foot (32 m) Howe truss bridge features six Gothic windows on each side as well as rounded portals and a shake roof. The original architects were A. A. Clausen and J. Elmer Nelson.



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