Office Bridge, Spanning North Fork of Middle Fork Willamette River, Old Mill Road (former logging road), Westfir, Lane County, OR
Summary
Significance: Built in 1944 to provide access to the Westfir Lumber Company mill site, Office Bridge is the largest covered bridge in Oregon and a significant artifact of the state's lumber industry. It is one of the only surviving covered bridges in Oregon built with private funds. Today, Office Bridge is integral feature of a recreation trail maintained by the U.S. Forest Service.
Survey number: HAER OR-125
Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1994 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 2002 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79003768
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hines Lumber Company
Howe, William
Westfir Lumber Company
Kelly, George H
Western Lumber Company
A S Miller & Sons
Westfir Covered Bridge Society
U.S. Forest Service
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Marston, Christopher, project manager
O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter
Location
lane county, 43.75735, -122.49644
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html