Chambers Covered Bridge

{{short description|Covered bridge in Oregon, US}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Chambers Bridge

| nrhp_type =

| image = Chambers Covered Bridge - Cottage Grove OR.jpg

| caption =

| location = S. River Rd., Cottage Grove, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|43|47|34|N|123|4|7|W|display=inline}}

| locmapin = Oregon#USA

| built = 1925

| architecture = Howe Truss

| added = November 29, 1979

| area = {{convert|0.1|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|64000700|title=Oregon Covered Bridges TR}}

| refnum = 79002081{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

The Chambers Covered Bridge is a covered bridge located in Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States. It is {{convert|78|ft|m}} long and spans the Coast Fork Willamette River. It was built in 1925 to carry rail traffic hauling logs from the Lorane Valley to the J.H. Chambers Mill,{{cite web

| title=Chambers Covered Bridge

| url=http://www.cottagegrove.org/chambers.html

| publisher=City of Cottage Grove, Oregon

| accessdate=2011-10-21

| url-status=dead

| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513110332/http://www.cottagegrove.org/chambers.html

| archivedate=2012-05-13

}} a lumber mill which was located on an area between South Highway 99 and the Coast Fork Willamette River. The mill closed in the 1950s after a second fire burned the mill down. The railroad tracks were removed and the bridge was left. The mill property is now being developed as a housing development called Riverwalk. The Chambers Covered Railroad Bridge is the only remaining fully covered railroad bridge west of the Mississippi River.{{cite web

|url = http://www.co.lane.or.us/About/Pages/Chambers.aspx

|title = Chambers Covered Bridge

|publisher = Lane County, Oregon

|accessdate = 2011-10-21

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120401053954/http://www.co.lane.or.us/About/Pages/Chambers.aspx

|archive-date = 2012-04-01

|url-status = dead

}}

Construction

It is a Howe truss design.

Preservation

In FY 2008, The National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program, administered by the Federal Highway Administration, awarded a grant of $1,315,370 to the City of Cottage Grove for the rehabilitation of the Chambers Covered Bridge, one of seven covered bridges in Oregon that received grants the same period.{{cite web

| url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/BRIDGE/nhcbp/090112a.cfm

| title = National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program

| access-date = 2009-01-28

}}

Reconstruction

Chambers Covered Bridge was removed in 2010 and replaced with a carefully constructed bridge that is identical to the previous one. The new bridge is now open for pedestrians.[http://www.cottagegrove.com/chambers.html]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

File:Chamber Covered Bridge Interior Truss.jpg

See also

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