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Mosby Creek, Lane County

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Inventory Number: OR/37-20-27
County: Lane County
Township: Cottage Grove
Town/Village: Walden
Bridge Name: Mosby Creek
Crosses: Mosby Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 90'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1920
Builder: Lane County
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N43 46.690
Longitude: W123 00.292
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.9 miles east of OR 99 (9th St) on Main St, then 2.6 miles right on Mosby Creek Rd. (CR2500) and 0.2 miles left on Layng Rd. (CR2542). 1.0 mile south of OR-20-22. Near Cottage Grove.

Mosby Creek Bridge, Cottage Grove, Lane County, OR Built 1920
Oregon Department of Transportation Photo

Mosby Creek Bridge, Cottage Grove, Lane County, OR Built 1920
Bill Caswell Photo, June 2006

Mosby Creek Bridge, Cottage Grove, Lane County, OR Built 1920
Bill Caswell Photo, January 30, 2017

Comments:
Bridge #14823. This is Lane County’s oldest covered bridge having been built in 1920 under the direction of brothers Walter and Miller Sorenson for $4,125. The bridge includes spliced chords and steel rod cross braces. Mosby Creek was named for pioneer David Mosby who settled in the area in 1853 and staked a claim to 1,600 acres east of the present city of Cottage Grove.

Sources:
Cockrell, Bill & Nick. Roofs Over Rivers - the New Guide to Oregon's Covered Bridges, 1989, page 42
Cockrell, Nick & Bill. Roofs Over Rivers - A Guide to Oregon's Covered Bridges, 1978, page 47
Oregon Department of Transportation.
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 93

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