Elk City Bridge

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Elk City Bridge

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| image_size = 250

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| locmapin = Oregon#USA

| map_caption = Location of the bridge in Lincoln County, Oregon

| nearest_city = Elk City

| built = 1922

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| architecture = Howe truss

| sigdate1_label = Listed

| sigdate1 = November 29, 1979

| delisted = after destruction in 1981

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| mpsub = Oregon Covered Bridges TR

| refnum = 79002104{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List |date=November 10, 2005 |url=http://www.occma.org/portals/64/Departments/Community%20Development/oregon_nr_list.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123233752/http://www.occma.org/portals/64/Departments/Community%20Development/oregon_nr_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2016 |format=PDF |page=21 |publisher=Oregon City County Management Association |accessdate=February 23, 2016 }}

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Elk City Bridge was a covered bridge spanning the Yaquina River at Elk City in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was destroyed by a storm on November 13, 1981.

The original bridge, built by the county in 1922 for $3,200, was a {{convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}} Howe truss span with {{convert|10.5|ft|m|adj=on}} vertical clearance{{cite web

| url = https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl%3A94782

| title = Elk City covered bridge

| publisher = Oregon State Library digital collection

| accessdate=April 29, 2019

}} and a 15-ton load limitsee photo at {{cite web

| url = https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl%3A94781

| title = Elk City covered bridge

| publisher = Oregon State Library digital collection

| accessdate=April 29, 2019

}} supported by wooden pilings that suffered from rot.{{cite book|last=Cockrell|first=Bill|title=Oregon's Covered Bridges|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2008|location=Charleston, S.C.|page=100|isbn=978-0-7385-5818-9}} The county planned to remove the bridge in 1980, but fundraising for repairs had gathered $20,000, and restoration had begun when high winds caused another $90,000 damage to the structure. The county did not have enough money for restoration or to pursue an insurance settlement through the courts.{{cite news|title=Elk City Bridge to Come Down Due to Damage|journal=Eugene Register-Guard|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19811207&id=CPVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WuIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041,2179168|agency=United Press International|date=December 7, 1981|accessdate=April 29, 2019}}

The bridge, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, was delisted after its destruction.