Cavitt Creek Bridge

Cavitt Creek Bridge
Cavitt Creek Bridge over the Little River
Coordinates	43°14′38.8″N 123°01′19.2″W[1]
Carries	Cavitt Creek Road
Crosses	Little River
Locale	Douglas County, Oregon, United States
Other name(s)	Little River Covered Bridge
Maintained by	Douglas County
Characteristics
Design	Covered Howe truss
Total length	70 feet (21 m)
History
Constructed by	Floyd C. Frear
Opened	1943
Location

Cavitt Creek Bridge is a covered bridge in Douglas County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Built by Floyd C. Frear in 1943, it carries Cavitt Creek Road over the Little River[2] about 20 miles (32 km) east of Roseburg.[3] Cavitt Creek and the road and bridge were named for Robert L. Cavitt, who settled along the creek in the mid-19th century.[3]

Cavitt Creek, a tributary of the Little River, enters the river upstream of the bridge.[4] Cavitt Creek Road, after crossing Jim Creek, another Little River tributary,[4] intersects Little River Road at the north end of the bridge.[1] The bridge is a little more than a mile upstream of the small community of Peel and 7 miles (11 km) upstream of the Little River's confluence with the North Umpqua River near Glide.[4]

Notable Features

• Tudor portal arches allow room for log trucks, unhewn timbers for truss chords, three windows on each side, a metal roof, and long narrow slits above each truss for better lighting and ventilation.[1]
• The bridge was part of a thematic nomination of Oregon's covered bridges in 1979, but Douglas County blocked the listing.[1]

See also

• List of Oregon covered bridges

References

1. "Little River (Cavitt Creek) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
2. Smith, Dwight A.; Norman, James B.; Dykman, Pieter T. (1989) [1986]. Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon (2nd ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 297. ISBN 0-87595-205-4.
3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 181. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
4. "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 22, 2016 – via Acme Mapper. The map includes mile markers along the Little River.