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Little
River (Cavitt Creek) Covered Bridge
County:
Douglas
Stream: Little River
Latitude:
43°14'38.8"N
Longitude: 123°01'19.2"W
Truss
Type: Howe
Bridge Length (ft): 70
Year Built: 1943
World Guide Number: 37-10-06
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Little
River (Cavitt Creek) Covered Bridge
Location:
From Roseburg take Highway 138 east to Glide. Just before entering Glide
turn south on Little River Road. The bridge is approximately seven miles
south of Highway 138 at the intersection of Little River Road and Cavitt
Creek Road (county roads 17 and 82).
Background:
The Cavitt Creek Bridge, crossing Little River at the junction with Cavitt
Creek, is another of the wooden structures built by Floyd Frear, noted
Douglas County builder.
The design
features Tudor arch portals to accommodate heavy log truck usage, and
the upper and lower chords utilize raw logs as its members. Each side
of the roofed structure sports three windows, and long narrow slits above
each truss allow "daylighting" as well as ventilation for the bridge interior.
The bridge
has a metal roof and a floor with longitudinal running planks. The covered
structure sits on concrete piers.
The area
surrounding the bridge site was settled in the early 1880's and named
for Robert Cavitt, who settled on a tributary of Little River. This covered
bridge was included in the thematic nomination of Oregon's covered bridges
to the National Register in 1979, but was not listed at the request of
the County.
Source:
"Roofs Over Rivers" by Bill and Nick Cockrell
Information presented in cooperation with the Covered Bridge Society of
Oregon
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