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Sunny Valley Covered Bridge (aka Grave Creek Bridge)

Sunny Valley Covered Bridge (aka Grave Creek Bridge)

Photo taken by Larry Matthews

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Grave Creek Covered Bridge

March 22, 2008

Photo taken by Michael Goff in March 2007

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Overview
Covered bridge over Grave Creek on Sunny Valley Loop
Location
Josephine County, Oregon
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1920; rehabilitated 2001
Builder
- Conde B. McCullough
Design
Covered Howe through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 105.0 ft.
Total length: 220.2 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Grave Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.63628, -123.37736   (decimal degrees)
42°38'11" N, 123°22'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 34 S., R. 6 W., Sec. 11
Inventory numbers
WGCB 37-17-01 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
NRHP 79002077 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 30008 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2006)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 83.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
1,014

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Built 1920 (516)
Built during 1920s (4,025)
Conde B. McCullough (19)
Covered (504)
Functionally obsolete (5,063)
Howe truss (86)
Josephine County, Oregon (6)
NR-listed (1,469)
Open (21,591)
Oregon (370)
Owned by county (14,137)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,258)
Through truss (5,205)
Total length 175-250 feet (1,773)
Truss (15,739)

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