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Oregon Creek Bridge Oregon Creek Bridge Photo taken by Larry Matthews in 1992 |
Facts
- Overview
- Covered bridge over Oregon Creek on Alleghany Road at Oregon Creek Campground
- Location
- Yuba County, California
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1860 by Thomas Freeman
- Design
- Covered Queenpost through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 77.1 ft.
Total length: 101.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 327.8 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Freeman's Crossing Covered Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.39694, -121.08194 (decimal degrees)
39°23'49" N, 121°04'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/665161/4362582 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Camptonville
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 05-58-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 75000499 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 11758 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1982)
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Update Log
- December 4, 2008: New photo from Larry Matthews
- October 16, 2006: Posted photo from Larry Matthews
Sources
- Larry Matthews - ffhiker [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Oregon Creek Covered Bridge
Absolutely loved the bridge!Felt like my husband and I were the only ones to have seen it in decades! So very old and off the beaten path. A true delight!
Oregon Creek Covered Bridge
Absolutely loved the bridge!Felt like my husband and I were the only ones to have seen it in decades! So very old and off the beaten path. A true delight!