The Manning-Rye Covered Bridge, spanning the Palouse River near Colfax, Washington, was built around 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] It has also been known as the Harpole Bridge.
Manning-Rye Covered Bridge | |
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| Location | Spans Palouse River, Colfax, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 46°55′42″N 117°24′55″W / 46.928388°N 117.415340°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1918 |
| Built by | Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad |
| MPS | Historic Bridges/Tunnels in Washington State TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004307[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 16, 1982 |
It was a work of the Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad, an interurban electric railroad.
Its "timber housing protects a single span timber Howe truss which rests on timber pile abutments, encased with timber cribs." Although it is deemed a covered bridge, the top of the bridge was left uncovered to allow for connection between the locomotive and the overhead electric lines.[2]
The bridge came into ownership of the Great Northern Railroad, and was used as a railroad bridge until 1967. It was purchased in 1969 by a private owner who replaced rails by wooden planking and used it for automobile access to their property.[2]
It was located one mile from County Route 4, in the vicinity of Colfax, in Whitman County, Washington.
The bridge was destroyed on September 7, 2020, by the Manning Fire, a wildfire that was started by a downed electric transmission line.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Lisa Soderberg (October 1979). "HAER Inventory: Manning-Rye Covered Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved September 2, 2018. With accompanying photo
- ^ Mathia, Jana (September 8, 2020). "Blaze destroys structures near Colfax". Whitman County Gazette. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Omak Chronicle.
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