Sandy Creek Bridge

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

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Sandy Creek Bridge

| nrhp_type =

| image = Sandy creek bridge P4447a.jpeg

| caption = Sandy Creek Covered Bridge Park at Remote

| image_size = 250

| alt =

| coordinates = {{coord|43.006371|-123.891774|format=dms|region:US-OR_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Oregon#USA

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

| nearest_city = Myrtle Point

| built = 1921

| builder =

| architect =

| architecture = Howe truss

| sigdate1_label = Listed

| sigdate1 = November 29, 1979

| area =

| mpsub = Oregon Covered Bridges TR{{cite web|title=Sandy Creek Bridge|publisher=National Park Service|url=http://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/79002051|accessdate=February 3, 2016}}

| refnum = 79002051

}}

Sandy Creek Bridge is a covered bridge spanning Sandy Creek near the community of Remote in southwestern Oregon in the United States.{{cite web|title=Sandy Creek (Remote) Covered Bridge|url=http://www.oregon.gov/odot/hwy/bridge/docs/covbrdg/descriptions/sandyck.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Oregon Department of Transportation|accessdate=February 3, 2016}} The bridge crosses the creek near its mouth on the Middle Fork Coquille River in Coos County.{{cite web|title=United States Topographic Map|publisher=United States Geological Survey|via=Acme Mapper|url=http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=43.006333,-123.89175&z=15&t=T&marker0=43.006333,-123.89175|accessdate=February 4, 2016}}

Built in 1921, the bridge carried Oregon Route 42 over the creek until bypassed by a newer bridge in 1949.{{cite book|author1=Smith, Dwight A.| author2=Norman, James B. | author-link2=James B. Norman | author3=Dykman, Pieter T.|title=Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon|publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press|location=Portland|edition=2nd|year=1989|origyear=1986|page=174|isbn=0-87595-205-4}} In 1984, after restoration by volunteers from the Lions Club of Myrtle Point, the structure became a display in a county park at the same site. It is the only remaining covered bridge in Coos County.

Special features of the bridge include large side openings and a truss made of two crossed Howe truss members on each chord. The bridge is {{convert|60|ft|m}} long. It was added the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.