Neal Lane Bridge
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Neal Lane Bridge is a covered bridge in Douglas County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Built by Douglas County for $1,000 in 1939, it is the only covered bridge in Oregon that uses a kingpost truss.[2] At 42 feet (13 m), it is also one of the shortest covered bridges in the state.[2] Other notable features include plank flooring, arched portals, and narrow window openings,[2] as well as a metal roof.[1] The structure has a five-ton weight limit.[1]
The bridge carries Neal Lane over South Myrtle Creek near the city of Myrtle Creek.[1] At the time of the bridge construction in 1939, Floyd C. Frear was the county engineer; Homer Gallop was the bridge foreman.[2]
The date of construction, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation, has been challenged by an individual who says he worked on the bridge in 1929.[1] The 1929 date is cited in Oregon's Covered Bridges,[3] but the 1939 date is cited in Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon.[2]
See also
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon
- List of Oregon covered bridges
References
- ^ a b c d e f "South Myrtle Creek (Neal Lane) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Smith, Dwight A.; Norman, James B.; Dykman, Pieter T. (1989) [1986]. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon (2nd ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 84. ISBN 0-87595-205-4.
- ^ Cockrell, Bill. Images of America: Oregon's Covered Bridges. Charleston, South Carolina: Acadia Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-7385-5818-9.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. OR-126, "Neal Lane Bridge, Spanning South Myrtle Creek, Neal Lane (CR 124), Myrtle Creek, Douglas County, OR", 11 photos, 5 measured drawings, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page