Elk City Bridge

	Elk City Bridge
	Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Location of the bridge in Lincoln County, Oregon Elk City Bridge (the United States)
Nearest city	Elk City
Coordinates	44°37′17″N 123°52′26″W / 44.621433°N 123.8738756°W
Built	1922
Architectural style	Howe truss
MPS	Oregon Covered Bridges TR
NRHP reference No.	79002104
Significant dates
Listed	November 29, 1979
Removed from NRHP	after destruction in 1981

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.^[2]

The original bridge, built by the county in 1922 for $3,200,^[3] was a 100-foot (30 m) Howe truss span with 10.5-foot (3.2 m) vertical clearance^[3] and a 15-ton load limit^[4] supported by wooden pilings that suffered from rot.^[5] 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.^[2]

The bridge, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, was delisted after its destruction.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon City County Management Association. November 10, 2005. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Elk City Bridge to Come Down Due to Damage". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press International. December 7, 1981. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Elk City covered bridge". Oregon State Library digital collection. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^ see photo at "Elk City covered bridge". Oregon State Library digital collection. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
^ Cockrell, Bill (2008). Oregon's Covered Bridges. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7385-5818-9.