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Coyote Creek or Swing Log, Lane County

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Inventory Number: OR/37-20-02
County: Lane County
Township: Crow
Town/Village: Hadleyville
Bridge Name: Coyote Creek or Swing Log
Crosses: Coyote Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 60'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1922
Builder: Lane County
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 58.186
Longitude: W123 19.134
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Directions: 6.5 miles south of OR126 and Veneta on Territorial Highway, then 0.1 miles right on Battle Creek Rd. At Hadleyville.

Coyote Creek or Swing Log Bridge, Crow, Lane County, OR Built 1922
Oregon Department of Transportation Photo

Coyote Creek or Swing Log Bridge, Crow, Lane County, OR Built 1922
Bill Caswell Photo, January 30, 2017

Coyote Creek or Swing Log Bridge, Crow, Lane County, OR Built 1922
Bill Caswell Photo, June 2006

Coyote Creek or Swing Log Bridge, Crow, Lane County, OR Built 1922
Oregon Department of Transportation Files

Coyote Creek or Swing Log Bridge, Crow, Lane County, OR Built 1922
Bill Caswell Photo, January 30, 2017

Comments:
The bridge was built on the first road in Lane County, the original Territorial Highway. Truck traffic became too heavy for the bridge and a new, more direct route for Territorial Highway was constructed. Heavy snowfall severely damaged the bridge in 1969. The roof collapsed under the weight of more than three feet of snow. The broken roof was cut out with chainsaws and the bridge remained uncovered until repairs could be made the following spring. The bridge has a square portal with angled corners.

Sources:
Cockrell, Bill & Nick. Roofs Over Rivers - the New Guide to Oregon's Covered Bridges, 1989, Page 36
Cockrell, Nick & Bill. Roofs Over Rivers - A Guide to Oregon's Covered Bridges, 1978, page 34
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 91

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